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THE 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. N. II. 




" I can truly say that of all the Paper I have blotted, which has been a great deal in my Time, 
I have never written any Thing for the Publick without the Intention of some publick Good. 
Whether I have succeeded or no, is not my Part to judge : and others in what they tell me, may 
deceive either me or themselves. Good Intentions are at least the Seed of good Actions, and every 
Man ought to sow them and leave it to the Soil and the Seasons whether they come up or no, and 
whether he or any other gathers the Fruit." — Sib William Temple. 




BY 



HENRY AMES BLOOD. 



In faith, 111 break thy little finger, Harry, 

An if thou wilt not tell me all things true !" — Lady Percy. 




BOSTON: 



PRINTED BY GEO. C. RAND 



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P REFACE. 



Having been elected by the entire unanimity and highly flatter- 
ing approbation of the Committee of Arrangements for the late Cen- 
tennial Celebration, to prepare a History of the Town of Temple, 
N. II., we considered it our bounden duty to perform the labor 
devolved upon us, with the most scrupulous and impartial fidelity. 
To this end, we have devoted the constant time and opportunities 
of more than a year to the collection and arrangement of well 
authenticated facts and data, discarding, for the most part, all tradi- 
tionary matter whatsoever. By the admission of such, to be sure, 
we might have enlarged our book beyond all corporate dimensions ; 
but, entertaining the belief that most people would be better satisfied 
with an ordinary compilation of facts in octavo, than a whole dark 
mountain of the twilight, thousand-and-one stories that are " handed 
down," we have endeavored, as far as possible, to abide by that 
conviction . 

In our arrangements with the publishers, we restricted ourselves 
to a definite number of pages. Being obliged, therefore, to com- 
press our matter, the literary merit of the work is not such as might 
have been expected under other circumstances. 

We desire to express our particular obligations to Rev. John Lang- 
don Sibley (Librarian of Harvard University, and author of that 
work, prepared and published industria mirabili — "The History of 
Union, Me.,") for a multitude of kind offices which he has done 
for us, from time to time, with the utmost sympathy and cordiality. 



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PREFACE. 



We remember with gratitude the various assistance rendered us 
by the Librarians of the Boston Athenseura, the Massachusetts His- 
torical Society, the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 
in Boston, and the New Hampshire Historical Society, in Concord ; 
the Secretaries of State of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 
Judge Chandler E. Potter, of Hillsboro, Frederic Kidder, Esq., 
Win. H. Montague, James Patten, and Dea. N. D. Gould, of Bos- 
ton ; Samuel Hewes, of Roxbury ; David Stiles, Esq. , Elbridge 

G. Cutter, Esq., Dea. N. Wheeler, Wm. H. Howard, Nahum A. 
Child, and Rodney A. Killam, of Temple ; Josiah W. Walton, and 
Oliver Boynton, of New Ipswich. 

The lithographs of estates, in the volume, (with the exception of 
one) were done by John H. Bufford, (Lithographer, 313 Wash- 
ington street, Boston,) from sketches by himself. Mr. Bufford vis- 
ited Temple twice, for this purpose, accompanied by Horace How- 
ard, Esq., of Lowell, who most generously undertook the whole mat- 
ter of the engravings, and sustained the expenses of the artist. 

The panoramic " View of the Valley and Village of Temple," 
the frontispiece of the volume, is the free and unsolicited gift of Mr. 
Howard, to all persons interested in the History. The same view has 
been produced, with a much higher sky, on heavy plate paper, and 
adapted to be framed for the parlor. [Any gentleman may secure 
one or two copies for the common price, by addressing Mr. Howard, at 
Lowell, Mass., within a limited period. They may also be obtained 
of John H. Bufford, 313 Washington street, Boston, and of Wm. 

H. Howard, at Temple.] The lithograph of Sir John Temple, 
(from a portrait in possession of Hon. R. C. Winthrop,) was fur- 
nished by Rev. Leonard Jewett, of Hollis, N. H.; the plan of the 
Town, p. 68, by Sullivan Howard, Esq., of Kewanee, Ohio. 

We are requested by the " Committee of Arrangements " to 
acknowledge the reception of $5.00 each, from the following named 
persons : — Hon. James M. Keith, Ezra P. Howard, Mrs. Hul- 



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dah M. Clapp, Ephraim Brown, Charles Maynard, Benjamin T. Fos- 
ter, Samuel Burnap, Sewall Gr. Burnap. Also, $3.00 each, from 
Dr. James Crombie, Milly Patten, Mrs. J. J. C. Woocle, Daniel Fos- 
ter, William Boynton, Charles Edwards, Oliver Heald; also, $2.00 
each, from Joel Powers, James Ferguson, Dr. Nathaniel Kingsbury, 
Ira Holt, Warren Keyes, Betsey B. Button, and SI. 00 from Jo- 
seph W. Killam. Other sums are acknowledged in the printed 
letters. Whatever moneys remained after deducting the necessary 
expenses of the " Celebration," were devoted to the purchase of a 
certain number of Copies of the " History of Temple." Every per- 
son who subscribed $1.50 or more, is entitled to one volume at 
the hands of the Committee. 

Certain names, which have at different times, or with different 
persons, a various orthography, such as Spofford, (Spafford,) Child, 
(Childs,) and others, will be found, in general, to agree with those 
in the original documents. 

We would say, finally, that if the preparation of this book has 
been a " labor of magnitude," not the less has it been a " labor 
of love," and, considering that our remuneration has been so slight, 
people can all the better afford to cover our faults with the veil of 
charity. 

Henry Ames Blood. 

Boston, Jan. 2, 1860. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Centennial Address 3 

Proceedings of the Centennial 

Celebration 43 

Letters 51 

General Topography 65 

Early Notices and Proprietary 

History of the Territory 70 

Incorporation 75 

Municipal History 78 

Highways 91 

Eevolutionary History, 1775 ... 94 

" " 1776... 104 

" " 1777-1783 111 

Ecclesiastical History 124 

Meeting Houses 133 

Political History 139 

Military History 143 

Educational History 148 



page. 



Marriage, Hygiene, &c 155 

Agricultural and Meteorologi- 
cal 159 

Trade and Manufactures 163 

The Glass Manufactory 166 

Zoological History 174 

Casualties 179 

Temple Flora 185 

Municipal, Political and Muni- 

cipo-Ecclesiastical Officers. 188 

Family Eecords 203 

Sermon of Rev. Samuel Webster, 281 
Sermon of Rev. Samuel Webster, 

Junior 291 

Sermon of Rev. Noah Miles 311 

Miscellany 323 

Census 343 

Index 349 



ENGRAVINGS. 



PAGE. 

1. View op the Valley and Vil- 

lage of Temple, Frontispiece. 

2. Sir John TEMPLE,opposite titlepage. 



3. Henry Ames Blood 3 

4. Elbridge G. Cutter . . 43 

5. Dr. James Crombie, Jr 45 

6. Hon. Daniel Pratt 51 

7. View of Daniel Pratt's Resi- 

dence — including Pond in 

FRONT AND VlNEYARD IN REAR 52 

8. Horace Howard 54 

9. Stephen C. Heald 62 

10. OUTLLNE OF LOTS, &C 68 

11. Residence of Edward Pratt. 89 

12. Residence of Isaac Wilson. . 151 

13. Dr. James Crombie, Sen 157 

14. Farm House of John Cragin. 213 

15. Residence of Elbridge G. 

Cutter 217 



page. 



16. Residence of Benj. T. Foster. 222 

17. Residence of Wm. H. Howard 

— formerly of dea. samuel 

Howard 227 

18. Residence of Horace Howard 228 

19. Sullivan Howard 229 

20. Gen. James Miller 233 

21. Residence of Joel Patten. . . 238 

22. Solomon Piper , 239 

23. Office of Daniel Pratt's 

Cotton Gin Factory 242 

24. Front View of Dan. Pratt's 

Cotton Gin Factory and 

Residence 243 

25. View of Daniel Pratt's Vine- 

yard 244 

26. Rev. Addison Searle 246 

27. Thomas Sherwin 249 

28. Residence of Daniel Searle. 339 



ADDRESS 

BY HENRY AMES BLOOD. 



ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen op the respected Committee ; Fellow-citizens 
op the Town op Temple; Mr. President, Ladies and 
Gentlemen : — 

Our Century-plant, that we planted a hundred years ago, 
has latterly arrived to its perfect bloom. We omitted not to 
select for its permanent home as beautiful a spot as the whole 
earth affords ; over it and around it we have since built a 
blessed protecting temple, and our God himself has roofed 
it with Ionian air. When the Tulip-mania raged in Low 
Holland, they offered thousands of ducats for a single bulb, — - 
but our dear flower, we would not sell it for the whole of 
Dcutdiland, we would not part with it for ducats, florins or 
guilders. Have we not sunned it with our prayers, watered 
it with our tears, given it growth with perpetual benedictions ? 
Did not Joshua Todd, an excellent man of a homely name, 
preside at the mysteries of its first interring? Were we not 
for the last eight years of the first quarter century thereafter, 
perpetually baptizing it with the blood of certain of our 
townsmen ? Did we not also, just another quarter of a 
century after the inauguration of our first President, George 
Washington, re-baptize it with our valor, at Fort Erie, at 
Chippewa, and at Luncly's Lane ? Yes, yes, that was our 
century-plant, and you and I and all of us have come up here 
to-day to behold the luxuriance of its primal flower. 



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They tell me I must recite the biography of that century- 
plant to-day; that I must tell you who first committed it to 
the earth, who fostered its most early and tender increase, 
who afterward raised an everlasting Temple to overshadow 
and protect it. Feeling deeply, then, Gentlemen of the Com- 
mittee, the great responsibility which you have imposed upon 
me, and Ladies and Gentlemen, hoping to meet with your 
kind indulgence, I will proceed to demonstrate as accurately 
as I can, whence was that beginning and what were the 
anomalous phases of that Life and Existence, whose full and 
happy consummation thus far, we enjoy for the first time on 
this Centennial celebration day of our various but never- 
theless in some sort unitized fortunes. 

In the year 1758, the dense primeval forest covered every 
acre of that territory which was afterward incorporated 
under the name of the Town of Temple. In the early days 
of October, of that year, Joshua Todd, 1 our revered ancestor 

1 Parties are divided upon the subject, whether Joshua Todd or the Heald brothers 
first settled in Sliptown. The Daniel Heald papers say, " Amokg the first settlers of 
Temple were Peter, Ephraim and Oliver Heald. Peter and Ephraim commenced in 
the year 1758." They also say, " During the French and Indian war, a road was 
cut through the N. E. part of the town for accommodation of soldiers with pack 
horses, extending from Portsmouth through Londonderry, Wilton, Sliptown, Peter- 
boro: thence to No. 4, now Charlestown. Another road was made from Groton through 
Townsend, New Ipswich and Sliptown to Peterboro. Settlements were coimnenced 
on and near the two roads about the year 1758." Now the first mentioned road was 
the one on which the Heald brothers settled, and the last mentioned road was the 
one on which Joshua Todd settled, no matter whether sooner or later, as far as 
locality is concerned. 

Ephraim Heald's deed is dated July 24, 1756, and Joshua Todd's August 29, 1758. 
Either of them is early enough for us ; then mark that no claim is set up for any 
settlement whatsoever previous to 1758, and also note that Joshua Todd lived in 
Peterboro at this time, the toAvn next adjoining Peterboro Slip, and I see no reason 
why their respective claims to first settlership are not about equally good. All 
parties must be satisfied if they will read the Daniel Heald papers as they are? 
without applying to any other source, than which, none can be more reliable. On 
what theory of interpretation the words " Among the first settlers," can be made to 
mean all but die " among," I am at a loss to know. Being confident that the worthy 
descendants of Ephraim and Peter Heald will bear me out in this only possible inter- 
pretation of the MS. of that excellent man, Daniel Heald, I subscribe it as my 
own opinion, that the parties in question were each of them settled here in 1858, 
though upon different roads, and so distantly, indeed, as not to know, perhaps, of each 
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and our town's respected pioneer, penetrated the wilderness 
as far as one of our western mountains. He was then a 
young man, probably about thirty years of age, and is sup- 
posed to have had some family at that period. He had 
purchased certain lands in that direction of the original pro- 
prietors and he went to them on a brave man's errand, and 
that was to conquer penury and starvation with his axe and 
bury them with his spade and shovel after all was over. 

Let us lift the veil of a century, if you please, and look in 
upon poor Joshua Todd ; I believe we can see him as he was. 
Behold, then, a man of ordinary size and dimensions, indued 
upon with the costume peculiar to his day, and busily engaged 
in the felling of trees, burning of brush, and the few other 
pursuits which can belong to a pioneer in a new country and 
a dense wilderness. His faithful dog, who bears him constant 
company, lies near the ever-present rifle, pricking his ears and 
hoarsely growling, perhaps, at intervals, as he scents ungainly 
Brain, or overhears the stealthy pace of the travelling wolves. 
Why does Joshua Todd grapple with those giant trees, and 
hew away at them as if for dear life ? Why, bless you, Joshua 
Tocld has hardly seen the sun for a week ; a few stars, only, 
twinkle at night through the interstices between the tree-tops, 
here and there is a handbreadth of sky; - but, alas for Joshua, 
that small handbreadth of sky constitutes, for the time being, 
his whole field of vision. But a little hundred feet over his 
head rolls and stretches away to the four quarters of the 
heavens, an endless, boundlecs and magnificent sea of forest 
foliage, green and golden in sun or shadow, and just flushed 
with the rich-hued blood of Autumn. Woe to poor Tantalus 
Todd ! that little hundred feet is ten thousand miles higher 
than his possibilities ! Even now, as we smile, we cannot but 
sympathize with the bare hands of our first great ancestor ; 
we cannot but admire those heroic mortals in the past; they 
were all faithful doves, out upon a flood of waters, and they 
brought us home the olive branch when dry land appeared. 



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Mr. Todd was a very eccentric man, they say. You will 
readily admit it, when you learn that in his later years, he 
changed his religious creed as many as half a dozen times, 
commencing with Calvinism, and going on from there through 
the Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal and Transcendental states, 
for aught I know, till he finally entrenched in Universalism. 
He entered the chrysalis every time as a poor caterpillar, 
and as often came out butterfly, with more exceeding gauze. 
Perhaps he was fickle; perhaps he went honestly plodding 
along after truth; for it often happens that the best and 
wisest of men are laughed at and misapprehended. Maybe 
his religious faith was ever as brittle as the glass they subse- 
quently manufactured on the mountain where he lived ; maybe, 
that like the lightning which played about the summit of that 
mountain, it was but seemingly capricious, while, in reality, it 
conformed to the eternal laws of Nature herself. 

His last will and testament was signed and sealed on the 
6th day of June, 1795, in presence of Caleb Maynard, Jona- 
than Marshall and Francis Blood. His children numbered 
certainly ten in all, whereof the greater part were daughters ; 
and eight of his children were living when he made his will. 
How long subsequent his death occurred, I am unable to 
state ; probably but a short time in the ordinary course of 
nature, for the testament commences thus : 

u In the name of God, Amen : I, Joshua Todd, of Temple, 
in the County of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, 
yeoman, being weak as to bodily health, but of a sound dis- 
posing mind and memory, blessed be God for it, but calling 
to mind the mortality of my body, and that it is appointed 
for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will 
and testament, as follows : " 

The legacies that "follow" are exceedingly disproportion- 
ate; the largest being $150.00, and the smallest, the paltry 
sum of ten cents; — a strangely unequal system of rewards 
and punishments, we should say, and one that hardly com- 
ported with his last articles of faith and profession. 



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Peter and Ephraim Heald, whom we must designate as 
"Settler No. 2," because they came here together, hailed from 
Townsend, Mass. They bought and cleared what were then 
called Lots No. 4 and 5, Eange VIIL, in the north part of Pe- 
terboro Slip or Sliptown, as our territory was at that time 
denominated, Lot 'No. 4;' being now occupied by Nathan 
Avery, and 'No. 5 ' by James Heald, grandson of the first occu- 
pant, Peter Heald. Peter is more commonly known by the 
name of Deacon Peter Heald, — he is remarkable in our history 
for three considerations. He begot the first male child that was 
born in town, and named it after himself ; he erected the first 
framed building in the town j he was the first of the sect of 
Universalists in the town. That first male child lived to the 
good old age, which has been so common to our townsmen, of 
more than threescore and ten. That first framed house was 
known as a hostelry at a later date, and but recently torn 
down by his grandson to make fair room for the moderns. 
Deacon Peter being quite the only Universalist in the parts 
at that period, was for a long time regarded with a sort of 
horror by the urchins, and I am told by one of them whose 
head is now silvered with age, that when he saw the Deacon 
coming, he would steal round and jump over the wall and lie 
there until the fearful man was gone quite out of sight. 
Ephraim Heald, his brother, more commonly known by the 
title of Major Heald, was a perfect Nimrod in those days, 
and is said to have amassed quite a property by chaffer in 
the hides of foxes, bears, wolves, and other animals which he 
killed in his constant pursuit of forest game. His favorite 
hunting-grounds were the wildest he could find, and we hear 
of his peregrinations in distant Maine, (then considered by 
most people as the Ultima Thule of known Eastern territory) 
still vigilant, on his everlasting trail ; still fresh and elastic, 
Daniel Boone-like, honest, fearless, and high in native nobility. 
Having killed Susup, an Indian chief, in self-defence, and fear- 
ing the vengeance which he might have stimulated, he fled to 



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Temple and here spent the remainder of his days in his 
favorite pursuits of hunting and fishing. 1 Major Heald was 
appointed by the Governor of the Province to call the first 
town meeting, was chosen first selectman of the original board, 
and one of the selectmen and town-treasurer for several 
years thereafter. 

Holding a commission under the king at the time of the 
Revolution, he refused to fight for the Colonies, and remained 
a Tory 1 throughout the war. His townsmen seem to have 
respected him notwithstanding, for we hear that when a 
crowd of red-hot militia-men, fresh from similar operations 
in the border towns, came here to tar and feather him, 2 they 
were dissuaded by Francis Blood, principally on the score of 
Heald's good citizenship. He died in 1815, aged 81 years. 

Oliver Heald, a cousin of Peter and Ephraim, came from 
Acton, Mass., in the year 1759. He settled on " Lot No. 4, 
Range YIL," a part of the farm now owned by Horace Wil- 
son. If it were possible, the other portions of Sliptown seem 
to have been a "Paradise of Wildernesses" compared with 
this : their only guide-boards were marked trees ; they could 
keep no stock of any kind for want of provender, and when 
they went to church they were obliged to go on foot, all the 
way to New Ipswich, it being a distance of six statute miles. 

Francis Blood, a native of Concord, Mass., came to the town 
in the year 1763. He settled on "Lot No. 5, Range VII.," 
and so became "next neighbor" to Mr. Heald. A record 
states that Mr. Blood oivned a horse, and that after he came 
there to settle, Mrs. Heald and Mrs. Blood went to New Ips- 
wich to church, by what they called in those days the " ride 
and tie " method, — one rode a certain distance, dismounted 
and tied the horse, leaving it for the use of the other; there 
was considerable romance about it, after all. 

1 Neither of these statements made to me at the time is correct. Susup was not 
killed. [S. C. Heald, Lynn, Mass., Wm. H. Howard.] And a single line in the Town 
Records would show an accurate observer that Ephraim Heald was not a Tory. 
Peter Heald was the Tory. 

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I suspect that most of their hay came from New Ipswich, 
for it is narrated 1 that one of Mr. Blood's daughters drove 
the cows to pasture all the way from home to what is now 
the farm of Benjamin Clark, Esq., of New Ipswich, by marked 
trees. Mr. Heald is said to have been a man of strict integ- 
rity and respected by all who knew him. He was one of the 
selectmen several years, and held sundry other offices of trust 
in town. He died in the year 1790. His oldest son, Daniel, 
was the second male child born in Temple. The first deaths 
which occurred in town are supposed to have been those of 
three infants, children of Mrs. Heald, all of which she was 
pleased to have had at a birth. 

Francis Blood, now recognized by the name of Gen. Francis 
Blood, and so called to distinguish him from a son of his, 
Maj. Francis Blood, settled on the two Lots, u 5th and 6th, 
Range YII.," now in the possession of Mr. James and James 
0. Killam. 

He is represented as being a man of superior mind, sagacity 
and information, and possessed of considerable property at 
his arrival. He was made the first Town Clerk, and one of 
the first board of Selectmen, in which, and other responsible 
positions, he officiated until disqualified by age. 

He was also the first Justice of the Peace in town. When 
Temple, Sharon and Peterboro were classed together, or 
during the whole Revolutionary war, he was elected Repre- 
sentative to the General Court. He was subsequently a 
Senator, a Counsellor, one of the Justices of the Court of 
Common Pleas ; and when Judge Underwood's term expired 
with his disqualifying age, Mr. Blood became Chief Justice ; 
and in the military line he attained the rank of Brigadier 
General. In the year 1775 he was chosen delegate to the 
convention at Exeter, which was called to take into considera- 
tion the state of affairs between the Colonists and the mother 
country. 

Oliver Boynton, New Ipswich. 

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He acquired a very handsome property, owning at Ms death 
Lots Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in Range VII., and parts of 
others in the town, besides lands in Maine, Massachusetts, and 
Vermont, and others in neighboring New Hampshire towns. 

Of this man, who was my great ancestor on the father's 
side, I shall be obliged to speak more frequently than might 
seem to comport with modesty, because, as the record states, 
"In most cases where any difficulty occurred, he was chosen 
as agent and acted in the capacity of a lawyer, and was gen- 
erally successful, and looked well to the interests of the town." 
But you will excuse me, I trust, when I confess to you that 
with the double exception of him and my immediate progenitor, 

" my ancient but ignoble blood 

Has coursed through scoundrels ever since the flood." 

And indeed I am not so sure that the old General himself 
was not the " biggest scoundrel of them all," though far 
be it from me to make that charge, and I humbly ask his 
pardon for insinuating it. Yet after all, as Sterne's " Uncle 
Toby" says, "What is the character of a family to an 
hypothesis ? " 

I have information of but two other settlers on our territory 
prior to the incorporation of the town:— John Cragin, Jr., 
hailing from what is now Carlisle, Mass., purchased in 1764 
Lot No. 3, on Range VI. The same property now belongs to 
the heirs of a grandson of his, recently deceased. He was a 
person of worth, a frequent Selectman in the town, a Deacon 
of the Church, and highly respected. 

Joshua Foster, in the year 17G5, brought from Boxford, 
Mass., a wife and three children, and settled upon Lot No. 8, 
Range IV., now occupied by Howard Shelden. He was a 
carpenter by trade, and architect of the first meeting-house 
which was erected in the place. Sept. the 7th, 1773, when 
the people of Wilton were raising a meeting-house, one of 
the "supports" gave way, and fifty- three persons were pre- 
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and some were killed instantly. Mr. Foster was among those 
who were only injured by the fall, and he lived to serve his 
country a while in the wars : we shall have more to say of 
him before the conclusion of this address. His family is known 
to have been the fifteenth which came to the town ; there were 
then, seven other families, beside those I have mentioned, resid- 
ing here previous to 1765 ; what were their names I am unable 
to state ; few of their descendants, probably, remain in these 
parts — -if they do, they will have an opportunity to record 
their ancestry, I venture to say, in the " History of Temple." 
I find, however, in an old deed, only three years subsequent 
to 1765, the names of Ebenezer Drury, Zedekiah Drury, John 
Swan, Jr., and John Marshall: in deeds of a date four years 
subsequent I find the names of Joseph Richards, Jonathan 
Searle, James Lakin, and Jonathan Avery. In all probability 
some of the heads of those seven remaining families bore cer- 
tain of the names which I have mentioned. 1 

All these first settlers, whom I have in a manner sketched to 
you, with the single exception of John Cragin, Jr., (who was 
doubtless of Scotch origin) seem to have descended from Eng- 
lish ancestry : so it appears that our town, unlike some others 
in the vicinity, did not 

" leave its issue 

Made up of several pieces, one part Scarlet 
And the other London blue,' 1 '' 

but all the inhabitants can boast the same national origin. 

Fellow citizens, it is time we were " out of the woods of Slip- 
town." That is what John Cragin, Maj. Heald and Gen. Blood 
thought ninety years ago. " But if we get out of Sliptown," 
they said, "we must find something larger 'than Sliptown to 
get into again:" and so they started a theory of annexation, 
or of "manifest destiny," as you please to call it, and they 
said to Lyndeboro, " Begging your pardon, Mr. Lynde- 

1 At the time the oration was made there had been very little research amongst 
the established records, and consequently, he who seeks more than a mere outline of 
the facts in our story, must consult the latter pages of this book. 



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boro, we are a very small people, but if 3-011 would give 
us a portion of your territory, we think we should know what 
to do with it • and then they turned round to Mr. Peter- 
boro and very politely made a similar request of Mr. 
Peterboro, and in the same way they interrogated Mr. 
Wilton : " Pray, Mr. Wilton, we want a range of lots belong- 
ing to you, one half a mile wide and Jive miles long;" but 
they couldn't get any farther with the question, for Mr. Wilton 
stood so aghast at the proposition that I think they had almost 
begun to repent having asked him. But Mr. Peterboro, 
Mr. Lyndeboro and Mr. Wilton, as you might expect, made 
a very decided refusal, and are said to have called it infamous, 
and a very astounding piece of presumption on the part of the 
people of Sliptown, to once think of such a thing. 

Well, the time came round for getting the town of Temple 
incorporated. Gen. Francis Blood having been chosen to 
procure the charter, quietly slipped over to Col. Towne's in 
New Ipswich, and borrowed the Colonel's horse, hat, wig, and 
costume throughout. Meanwhile, Mr. Wilton had set his 
watchmen on the great road to Exeter, to look out for Gen. 
Blood. Perhaps it was Col. Towne, and perhaps it wasn't 
Col. Towne that rode by those watchmen only a few hours 
after, entirely unsuspected ; arrived at Exeter and procured 
the Act of Incorporation, (including a slice of Mr. Peterboro 
and Mr. Lyndeboro, 1 and another measuring one way just 
one half a mile, and the other way just five miles, of Mr. 
Wilton) signed and sealed by " John Wentworth, Governor of 
the Province of New Hampshire." Is deception of this 
character ever justifiable ? " Give out your strength to be 
twice as great as it is !" said Gen. Washington, and we applaud 
him to the echo for it every fourth day of July that comes 
round to us. 

They named our town, Temple) it is a very love of an 

1 This is not strictly true: the "slices" of Peterboro and Lyndeboro here referred 
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appellation ; it signifies a shrine, an adytum, a Holy of Holies ; 
it is a beautiful hypaethral temple, open to the skies ; the old 
Athenian theatre was typical thereof, while it is typical of all 
other nature. Tacitus tells us that the old. Germans thought 
it unworthy of God to worship him in houses made with 
hands. When they sang him jubilee, they did it in the open 
air; they prayed, looking up where their forest trees directed 
them, serene stars looking down upon them all the while. 
So, my dear townsmen, is our Temple carpeted with your 
unrivalled and luxuriant farms, walled and frescoed by the 
everlasting mountains, high-roofed and embowed by God's 
most architectural azure. We can say to-day, what the old 
borderers on the Rhine said to a great conqueror, when he 
asked them what most they feared, — ■" We fear nothing but the 
falling of the skies.' 1 

Immediately on the incorporation of the town commenced 
its ecclesiastical history. In the autumn of 1769, the first 
meeting-house was erected. It was a very inferior structure, 
being but " 20 by 30 feet and 12 feet post." When devout 
men, as mankind commonly go, erect a church, the larger they 
can get it, and the more finery they can put in and outside of 
it, the holier they think they are, and they imagine themselves 
to stand in ihe favor of the Gocl whom they worship in the 
same ratio. Either our ancestors were an exception to this 
universal character of mankind, or else they had n't money 
enough amongst them to prove the contrary. At the expense 
of a fine compliment to them, I fear we must decide upon the 
latter alternative, for we read that the price of a clay's labor 
for one branch of work was only 2s - 8d, and for another two 
pistareens, (or 40 cents,) while the inhabitants of the town 
found the materials, some of them furnishing shingles, some 
boards, and others round timber. 

The Congregational Church was organized Oct. 2d, 1771, 
and at the same time Rev. Samuel Webster was ordained its 
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at Cambridge University in the year 1762, in the same class 
with Jeremy Belknap, (the man who wrote the first history of 
our beloved State) Judge Ebenezer Champney, of New Ips- 
wich, Joshua Atherton, Esq., Judge Dana, and the distin- 
guished Yice President, Elbridge Gerry. Temple has as 
much reason to be proud of her first minister as any other 
town in New England. Samuel Webster ! — the very name is 
an epic ! No more zealous, no more sacrificing, no more heroic 
patriot lived in the days of the Revolution ; alas., that we must 
aver, — no more courageous, holy and heroic man died in the 
days of the Revolution. Having thus briefly indicated the 
establishment of the church, the building of the meeting-house 
and the settlement of Mr. Webster, in the order of chro- 
nology, I must defer the main history of the church and pastor 
to a later portion of this address. 

But a month or two subsequent to the building of the 
church, and during the harvest-time of 1769, an event occurred 
which deserves to be recorded on as many as three several 
accounts. The loss of the boy, Thomas Maynard, deserves 
to be recorded in the first place, by way of evidencing how 
almost entirely covered by forests our native territory was 
at that period ; in the second place, for the remarkableness 
of its being the only instance of the kind that ever occurred 
in this section of the country, notwithstanding the great 
liability to such a misfortune which must have existed in this 
and all the neighboring towns, and, in the third and last 
place, on account of a very ancient and unique ballad on the 
subject, which was written by one of our first settlers. 

Thomas Maynard was a boy not yet five years of age. 
His father lived on the place where the lately deceased Daniel 
Searle, Esq., resided. On the morning of August 7th, 1769, 
the father took little Thomas with him, a distance of three 
miles, to the farm which Captain Jonathan Spaulding now 
occupies, whither he went for the purpose of reaping. They 
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go home and see mamma. "Wonderful to relate, the father 
" set him on the road/' — a road, remember, whose direction 
was distinguished by marked trees alone, — and went back to 
his labor. On returning home, he called at Mr. Oliver 
Heald's, and inquired if they had seen the boy. Mrs. Heald 
had seen him approaching the house at or about 11 o'clock. 

I think Mrs. Heald must have supposed his father to be 
with him, else her woman's anxiety would never have allowed 
the child to travel the distance home on so wild a track, thus 
inexperienced and unattended. The father seemed to be 
entirely satisfied with the answer, for he sat down and talked 
with the family a long time, and afterwards returned home at 
his leisure. 

Night came, — the night of the 7th of August, 1769 ! The 
sleeping century has forgotten the character of that night! 
Whether it was night, the jewelled and beautiful, the dusk 
inamorata of poets, the gentle mistress of devout astronomers, 
the voluptuous royal queen whom Marc Antony might have 
worshipped ; or night, the grim, black and horrible, the unut- 
terable dome of Hecate, rattling with last thunder, rifted by 
the lightning, and instantly seamed up again by the same ter- 
rible agent, the poor dumb years cannot utter to us. What- 
ever may have been the character of the night of the 7th of 
August, 1769, in Temple, be assured it was sufficiently fearful 
to parents who had lost their child. Before the pitiful 
moon had taken her sad, sorrowful plunge into that midnight, 
the whole country round was electrified by the tidings that a 
little boy, a son of Artemas Maynard, was lost, and in the 
wilderness, and on the mountains and the Lord knew where. 
" Lost ! lost ! lost ! " " You 've seen the little fellow, John, :? 
says Betty; "'what a sweet look there was in his eyes ! " 

" Yes, Iv'e seen him," says John, " and I '11 find him before 
day after to-morrow, or perish ! " " I '11 go with you/' says 
Jacob; and many like scenes there must have been for 
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I shall go ; " and he did go, and all the people went, young 
and old, and, to their honor be it said, the people of Wilton, 
so lately bereaved of their lands by our forefathers, on the 
very next Sabbath after the boy was lost, left their meeting- 
house empty, save of one old man, and came over to help find 
the boy. 

The 8th of August dawned. No trace of Thomas Maynard, 
save that Major Heald's wife thought she heard a child crying 
just after dark, but her husband said it was only an owl hoot- 
ing in the distance ; and two sods of Lieutenant Foster, who 
were clearing out some brush, supposed they heard a bear, 
and ran home; whereas, it was probably the child. 

Night came again. No trace of the child. "Night bringeth 
rest, night bringeth solace, — rest to the weary, solace to the 
sad ; but, to the desperate, night brings despair ! " 

Imagine the excitement, imagine the scene. There was 
still hope; little over a day had elapsed, but the night of the 
second was setting in. and as yet there were no reliable tid- 
ings of the unfortunate boy. The lanterns glimmer in the 
distance. Here comes a party in more than usual haste. 
"Have you heard anything? have you got any trace of him ?" 
One says, hoarsely, " We are going this way; " but the torch 
flashes of a sudden on their faces, and you read little but a 
strange agony in the lineaments thereof, and you hasten away 
on your private search, hoping and fearing. 

And thus there went, one after the other, over Temple, in 
the autumn of 1769, a sad and solemn procession of twenty 
days, slow as a funeral: and the last of those days were 
quite desolate of hope, and the very last of that weeping 
procession was clothed upon with weeds and wan- colored 
woe, for a token to the bereaved parents of the child, and a 
strange equivalent to the last sad offices. 

Nearly two months after the loss of the child, a part of his 
clothes were found by some surveyors on one of our northern 
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people entertained what they thought good reason to suppose 
that the child had wandered into the southerly portion of the 
wilderness, and, as a consequence, comparatively little search 
had been made in a northerly direction. 

I close this narrative with a specimen verse or two of the 
famous ballad which was written on the occasion. It consists 
of thirty-three verses, and serves to give one an idea of 

" The stretched metre of an antique song." 

Here is a verse describing the boy : 

" He was a youth of worthy fame, 
And Thomas Maynard was his name; 
And now behold, with bleeding heart, 
How he and his dear parents part." 

Two other verses celebrate the generosity of the citizens : 

" But now behold, my friends, and see 
A spirit generous and free, 
In gentlemen of high renown, 
In Temple and its neighboring towns! 

" No real pains they did withhold, 
Parting with silver and with gold, 
The wants of them to satisfy, 
Who sought the child most faithfully." 

And the last one, the 33d, runs thus : 

" If you the truth of this would know, 
To Temple, in New -Hampshire, go ; 
I take that town to testify 
Whether I speak the truth, or lie." 

No doubt the author of this curious ballad was blessed, for 
the moment, with a prophetic vision. 

" The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling," 

saw, somewhere between heaven and earth, and through the 
cloud of years, our " Centennial ; " and if the town will allow 
me to testify for them, I would satisfy the troubled ghost of 
the poet, " hie et ubique," and "from this, forever," that we 
are none of us disposed to doubt the truths of his poetry, 
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however much some modern critics might take him to task for 
the poetry of his truths. They might not set it down in their 
"brief" for very tragical mirth, but I think they would some- 
how manage to get a good deal of mirth out of the tragedy. 

With this mournful narrative 7 closes the pregnant history of 
1768 and 1769. During that short period, the people of 
Temple had beheld the almost fabulous success of their incor- 
poration; their limits enlarged by almost or quite one-fifth of 
their original territory, thereby presenting a unique exemplar 
of what is everywhere possible to strong wills joined with 
the craft and cunning of execution; they had experienced 
their first and original town election; they had accomplished, 
with their own hands and native materials, the erection of a 
meeting-house capable of accommodating themselves and their 
families, and lastly, though riot least, they had endured a 
month's campaign of incessant watch and travel and exposure 
in the wilderness, — a campaign whose daily progress was 
marked only by still increasing sorrow and disappointment, 
whose very hopes were the apples of Sodom, or a " song of 
willow," and its consummation as when the daughters of 
Babjdon sat down and wept. 

There is little record of unusual occurrences between the 
years 1769 and 1775. One or two saw and grist mills were 
established, whereof the first in order may be mentioned to 
the honor of David Searle 1 the builder and proprietor. 
You who are interested in the curious, remark this ! Not a 
channel, not a rivulet, not the smallest thread of water 
courses through the fertility of Temple, to beautify and make 
glad its proprietary meadows, but that channel or rivulet 
or small thread of water, could it trace back its descent 
to the primal source, would find that source within our own 
territory, and generally on some one of our numerous moun- 
tains. I must confess, then, that I have been surprised on 
looking over records to ascertain the number of saw and grist 
mills, either one or both together, which have at one time or 

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another been established in this town, to be, in the aggregate, 
sixteen. We must have made the most of our advantages. 
Our ungrateful brooks, that are born, and nursed, and brought 
up here in the best of circumstances, are no sooner able to 
run a little, than off they go to help the people of the other 
towns. Every individual one of them, like " unmannerly Kent " 
is bound to " shape his old course in a country new." 

If there is any native by the name of Brooks, and " to the 
manor born," at the dinner, I hope he will apologize, to say 
the least, for this most unnatural disposition in his family. 

You might look at this thing in another aspect. They who 
have just accomplished that stupendous affair of the Atlantic 
Telegraph, must have been very powerful and intellectual 
men ; but the hand that balances the ocean, where that con- 
summate thing of life in death so calmly and beautifully 
reposes, must have been true to its trust, or, with all their 
skill, they could never have succeeded. And in the same way, 
sundry colossal manufacturing establishments, in the neighbor- 
ing towns, are certainly beholden to those runaway children 
of ours — the brooks — for a considerable share of their 
prosperity. This is but a small part of our consolation. 
Look you to the condition of manufactures for the last 
twelve months ; consider the treachery of trade ; the insta- 
bility of the corporations j the utter ruin and desolation of 
so many manufacturing capitalists ! Behold on every side 
abandoned hamlets and deserted villages ! Where is the life 
gone, that was dexterous and nimble here but a few short 
months ago ? It has fallen back for subsistence upon those 
dear and beloved spots where alone it could find it, — the 
farms of New England ! 

The factories in New Ipswich ceased operation a year ago ; 
what was the result ? Every store of any consequence in 
town was selling at auction and reduced prices, only a few 
months afterward, while some would sell out altogether, and 
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operatives, took so sudden and so large a vomit, that for sev- 
eral weeks it seemed to the relics as there were a " gap in 
Nature." Where before there was a flourishing society of the 
Methodist persuasion, no bell has knolled to church for the 
last six months ! 

These, and such as these, are the revolutions incident to 
manufacturing communities. How is it with us ? We are agri- 
culturists ; we carry agriculture to the perfection of a fine 
art ; no man who has seen your farms can doubt for an instant 
that Temple is the best agricultural town for miles around; 
and here we are holding two celebrations on a large scale, 
within as many weeks of each other, this very year of distress, 
1858; but I must hasten on and leave you to complete the 
parallel. 

It was during those halcyon five years that preceded the 
breaking out of the great war with England that our farms 
began to acquire shape, tenor and the lines of beauty. Those 
five years were a perpetual Georgic in our history, too soon, 
alas, to be half forgotten in the all prevailing Epic which was 
everywhere chanted through the eight succeeding years, to 
the martial sound of drums and clarions. 

The people of Temple must have attended pretty closely 
to their business during the afore-mentioned five years, for 
there is not a single joke recorded of the time, — not the 
most distant approximation to one, nor any matter out of 
which it were possible to make a joke. Like a certain poet, 
whom Mr. Poe treats of in one of his reviews, the time is notice- 
able for nothing in that line except the markedness by which 
it is noticeable for nothing. The English novelists of that 
period were accustomed to. send all their outstanding charac- 
ters over to America to seek their fortunes, just as they now 
do to Australia ; it is highly probable, however, that no one 
of those characters ever found his way to Temple, else we 
might have had as many witticisms to record as are possible 
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Our ancestors have very appropriately been denominated 
matter-of-fact men, but I am not aware that the sense of the 
term has ever been taken as it ought to be taken, and that is, 
in a manner to contradistinguish them from those individuals 
who might just as properly pass for matter-of-fiction men ; it is 
sufficient if the term is rightly understood hereafter. 

True matter-of-fact farmers they were here on the eve of 
the Eevolution. The time was just in front of them, when 
facts and figures were destined to become of far greater sig- 
nificance than the most regal tropes or all the similes of the 
parliaments. The sinews of the coming war, on the English 
side, were to be the old story, money ; on the American side, 
men ! 

English soldiers, in gaudy red coats, to be pitted against 
American men in no coats at all : — his majesty's regulars, 
that looked as smooth, and comely and beautiful as rows of 
ciphers, to be matched with those most anomalous and ill- 
conditioned columns of Continentals, that resembled the nine 
digits just as much, huddled together in all possible combina- 
tions, and no one dared to believe at the time that the riddle 
meant something, but they found out, eight years afterward, 
how much it meant, and they all had to come to an agreement 
on the new arithmetic. 

In the year IT To, a convention of Xew Hampshire men 
was called at Exeter, to take into consideration the claims of 
Great Britain on the Colonial States. Gen. Blood was one 
of the delegates to that convention. In regard to those 
exorbitant and unparalleled demands they came to the same 
conclusion that Capt. Absolute did in Sheridan's play of li The 
Rivals," when his father, Sir Anthony, required of him that 
he should marry a lady with only one eye, — Capt. Absolute 
remarked, that ■• though one eye might be very agreeable, yet 
as the prejudice had always run in favor of two, he would 
not wish to affect a singularity in that article," and in a 
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the Stamp Act and the Boston Port Bill, and all that, might 
be highly beneficial, yet as the prejudice was pretty general 
amongst them in favor of Free Trade, rather than affect any 
singularity on the subject, they would wave the whole matter 
of the Port Bill, and go on just as though there were no such 
thing in the world. 

Already in July, 1774, about a year previous to the con- 
vention at Exeter, the people of Temple had voted to enter 
into some agreement among themselves not to purchase any 
articles of British import, and passed resolutions against 
upholding any commerce whatever with Great Britain. On 
February 21st, 1775, Samuel Webster, the patriot minister 
of Temple, at the request of the officers of the companies 
of minute-men in Groton, Mass., delivered a sermon of extra- 
ordinary power before them, on the relations then existing 
between this and the mother country. The sermon was 
published in a pamphlet of 30 pages, by Edes & Gill, 
Queen Street, Boston, 1775, and was doubtless a great topic 
of conversation in Boston and vicinity for many weeks. The 
sermon is entitled "Kabshakeh's Proposals Considered." 
The text is to be found, 2 Kings, xviii. 30-32. Here is a 
passage that equals in hard logic almost any of his immortal 
namesake, Daniel. 

" It is urged that our fathers came from Britain a century or 
two ago, and that being subjects of Britain before they came 
here, they and their posterity to all generations, must and ought 
to remain so ; though it is observable that if there is any force 
in this, it is either in a great measure lost by our fathers com- 
ing directly from another country, Holland, where they had 
long lived as subjects, or else the argument will recoil on 
themselves and oblige them to this entire submission to the 
inhabitants of Asia, from whence, assuredly, their fathers came. 
But instead of this, they attempt to enslave them as well 
as us ! " 

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George Washington against " entangling alliances " by a score 
of years. 

" From foreign alliances, always precarious and frequently 
mischievous, we have but little help to expect," — a sentence 
that displays all the grasp and felicity of a statesman three 
score and ten. 

Hear now the following passage, conceived in the very 
spirit, and delivered almost in the very language of Patrick 
Henry, in that famous speech wherewith he first confounded and 
then fired with patriotic enthusiasm the Virginia House of 
Delegates, on the 23d of March, 1775, — Witness the parallel 
of language ! Mark that Patrick Henry's speech was pro- 
nounced all of thirty-one days subsequent to Mr. Webster's, 
and hence, if there could be manufactured a charge of plagia- 
rism, it would be against Henry, and not Webster. 

" Shall we then be idle, when under God, we must depend 
only on ourselves ? Duty to Almighty God, who has com- 
manded us 1 not to be the servants of men,' forbids it. Benev- 
olence to mankind, who in opposition to the laws of nature and 
of God, are almost divided into the ignoble characters of 
tyrants and slaves, forbids it. Gratitude to the nation that 
once taught us how to prize freedom, forbids it. Justice to our 
fathers, who so dearly purchased these blessings for us, forbids 
it. Justice to ourselves and unborn millions, forbids it I No 
doubt much is to be suffered, rather than enter on the horrors 
of war. But though the issue of war be ever doubtful, equal 
horrors of slavery are not doubtful. If just Heaven should 
call us to the field, we know not yet all the enemies we shall 
have to encounter ! " and so he goes on. It is almost impos- 
sible to conceive, ladies and gentlemen, that this passage can 
belong to any other than that great and eccentric orator, Pat- 
rick Henry. Nevertheless, nothing can be truer than that this 
passage is Mr. Webster's, and that it was delivered on the 
21st of February, 1775, and nothing can be truer than that 
Patrick Henry delivered his speech (commencing, as you all 



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remember, with the words. " Mr. President, it is natural for 
men to indulge in the illusions of hope/' on the 23d of March, 
1775. It would seem as though the two men might have 
changed places in the world, and the world have been just as 
well oft" for the change ; but Mr. Webster was destined to 
leave these scenes of the Revolution almost in the beginning of 
the first act. while Mr. Henry saw the whole drama through, 
and lived to the close of the century. Alas, how is it that cir- 
cumstances, like so many airy devils, are permitted to make man- 
kind their sport, and the object of their infernal laughter. 
Surely, 

"All the world's a stage, 
And all the men and women merely players ! " 

In May following, the town voted to enlist thirty-two men, 
a portion of them to march immediately, and the rest to be 
ready at a minute's warning. The stipulated pay was £2. 
per month to each individual. In 1776 they also voted a bounty 
of £o. 8s. 8d. to " each man who shall enlist in the Conti- 
nental army, to go to Crown Point or elsewhere;" $100.00 
also to every man who would enlist in what were called " The 
Three Battalions." A committee was also chosen to see to 
the farms and families of the soldiers. I have the names of 
some thirty, who enlisted at one time or another, but I sup- 
pose the actual number, which will probably be found consid- 
erably greater, can be ascertained only from the State records 
at Concord. 

Joshua Foster, whom we have already in this address com- 
memorated as one of the first and most useful settlers in 
town, and who was injured three years previously, by the fall- 
ing of the meeting-house at Wilton, now in 1775 goes with a 
young son of his to Ticonderoga. A fever that reigned in 
the camp subdued the energetic man so that he died in August 
of that year, while his son, of the age of 18, returned safely home. 

Moses Child, some of whose descendants, as likewise 
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in Nov., 1775, a commission from " George "Washington, Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the army of the United States," to repair 
with one other person to Nova Scotia " to enquire into the 
condition of that colony, the disposition of the inhabitants 
towards the American cause, the condition of the fortifications 
and dock-yards, the quantity of artillery and warlike stores, 
and the number of soldiers, sailors, and ships of war there, 
and transmit the earliest intelligence to General Washington." 
This was about the same as a spy's commission, the very giv- 
ing of which implied the utmost confidence on the part of 
Gen. Washington in the patriotism and fidelity of the recipi- 
ent thereof. 

Little more than two years after Mr. Webster preached 
that powerful and patriotic sermon to the militia of Groton and 
the vicinity, and on a Sunday afternoon, while he was preach- 
ing another sermon, probably of a similar character, up rode 
a courier to the church door, covered with perspiration, and 
almost breathless with haste. Every eye was turned toward 
the stranger, and. every heart presaged the character of the 
tidings which the herald was about to utter. Mr. Webster 
anticipated the whole, however, herald and all, by loudly 
hailing. " What are the news ? " The man cried out as well as 
he could, — " Crown Point. — Ticonderoga, — as many men 
as you can send, — the country behind me is on fire with 
excitement and all marching ! " 

" Let us go immediately !" said Mr. Webster. A man in the 
back pews, a Tory, rose and cried out that "he seemed to 
hear a voice from Heaven that they should not go." — " That 
voice is from Hell, sir ! " thundered Mr. Webster ; " we are 
called upon to go ! " but there was no need of the last, for 
every man was electrified, and Mr. Webster 1 seized his gun, 
which he always of late carried with him to his pulpit, and led 
them off, not exactly as a shepherd would lead his sheep, but 



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more as a lion might be supposed to officer the less formid- 
able lords of the forest. 

Again it is related 1 that our ancestors were suddenly 
called upon to 11 march to the death for their native land." Mr. 
Webster was bidding them farewell for the women and child- 
ren who must remain at home, and was just closing the vale- 
dictory with a heartfelt and impressive prayer that they all 
might be returned safely to their families, when " Old Priest 
Trowbridge," as they called him, rode up to the company and 
shouted out in the voice of a Stentor, " I'll be bondsman for 
every man of them ! " Their countenances, before gloomy 
with apprehension, now instantly lighted up with hope, and 
however insignificant a bond the poor human assurance of 
" Priest Trowbridge" might have been to them, it neverthe- 
less did as good service, on this occasion, as might have been 
accomplished by the seal and signet of some more responsible 
person. Mr. Webster faltered in his prayer, and became so 
much affected that he could not 2*0 on. He afterward took 
the venerable interpolator to task for thus covering with con- 
fusion his younger and more bashful brother. " Why ! " ex- 
claimed Mr. Trowbridge, " they looked as though they would 
die, and I wanted to cheer them up ! " 

It was not long subsequent to this sad event that Mr. Web- 
ster volunteered his services as a chaplain in the Northern 
army. Contrary to the wishes and entreaties of both officers 
and soldiers, Mr. Webster persisted in sharing both the ordi- 
nary fare and fatigue of the camp. Wearied out at length by 
long-continued exertions in the cause of his country, and 
having contracted — by his habitual sleeping out of doors and 
without shelter — a violent cold, which resulted in hemorrhage 
and consumption, he reluctantly left the army and returned 
home. His life lingered with us only a few weeks after his 
return,* but I think, that however rapidly he seemed to near 
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deal protracted by his ardent desire to live some longer for 
the benefit of his country. He expired on the 4th of August, 
1777, at the early age of 34. in the house of Gen. Blood, with 
whose family he had resided ever since his first coming into 
town. " Sparge jlores ; sparge breves rosas ! " 

" In the meantime, we may depend upon it, Trim, for our 
comfort," said his Uncle Toby, "that God Almighty is so 
good and just a governor of the world, that if we have but 
done our duties in it, it will never be inquired into whether 
we have done them in a red coat or a black one I " Here was 
a man, certainly, that had done his duty in a black coat ; a 
man that would have done his duty in no coat at all. " Fight 
the good fight of faith ! " said Mr. Webster, at the close of 
the sermon which he preached to the Groton militia men, " and 
then, if called to risk or even lose your lives in the service 
of your country, you shall assuredly triumph ! — in death ye 
shall conquer, and beyond the dark valley, in the service of 
that God whose exclusive prerogative it is to bind 1 in all 
cases whatsoever,' in a world where universal love is the uni- 
versal law, and vain ambition finds no admittance, you shall 
enjoy the noblest freedom ! " 

The grave is conspicuous in yonder churchyard, where they 
buried Mr. Webster. It were well worth the pilgrimage to 
that grave to feel the emotions which must be natural to 
every American, as he stands by the sacred dust of one of the 
saviors of his country. Go there, parents of Temple, and on 
that holy grave swear your children to the eternal principles 
of freedom ! Swear them to live as he did live, and to die as 
he did die, if necessary, receiving their last unction at the 
hands of the Goddess of Liberty. 

The last battles in the war of the Revolution were confined, 
almost without an exception, to the middle and southern por- 
tions of our country. The people of New England, therefore, 
found some opportunity during those years of comparative 
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1780, Nathaniel Griffin 1 erected an establishment on Lot 7, 
range VIII. for the manufacture of pottery of various descrip- 
tions. In the same year, a Mr. Hewes, of Boston, projected 
and commenced, on or near the place where Joshua Todd 
settled, the first glass-manufactory that was ever built within 
the limits of what are now the United States. 

He finished the structure on a very magnificent scale, and 
hired from Germany thirty -two men to make his ware. 

The affair would most probably have succeeded, but before 
the year was out the entire concern was destroyed by fire. 
These thirty-two Dutchmen were consequently thrown out of 
employment. The phlegmatic fellows were lying around the 
old manufactory, doing nothing but to smoke their kiefekill 
dodeens, and the vast fuliginous cloud that hung portentously 
on the skirts of the mountain must have alarmed the people 
here mightily, for we are told that one Maynard was the first 
to make a deal of noise about them, and the whole people 
were at last awakened to the possibility of. all these thirty-two 
glass-blowing, snioke-puffing Dutchmen falling on the town 
for subsistence. The cry arose to "warn them out of town." 
This " warning-out " process was peculiar to the times, but 
not to the place, for we hear of its being common to all New 
England. It was an excellent provision against pauperism, 
and a plan of social defence worthy of the best reformer. 

But here was a case all in all without a precedent, and 
probably destined to be the last of its kind. 

The discarded employes of a large and unique establish- 
ment, claiming as it did the peculiar title of the first and only 
glass manufactory in America, and an honor to the town 
where it was located, to be dealt with in the identical manner 
that common paupers only had a right to expect, and "ragged 
misery" seemed hardly to deserve; valuable artists to be 
classed with wretched loafers who were out at elbows j emi- 
grants, who had left the old world to make more prosperous 

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the new, thus to be paddled back from the shores of safety 
into the seas of doubt and uncertainty: — it was truly a con- 
summation whence a loud appeal might be addressed to the 
principles of justice in every heart. It was the custom, to be 
sure, but the question arose, whether at this particular crisis 
it were not a custom to be " more honored in the breach than 
the observance." So the tax-collector thought, at all events, 
and declared that he would never serve them a warning on 
any account. But opposite counsels seem to have prevailed; 
and, whether it were true or not that these Germans came 
over from Europe, u leaving their country for their country's 
good," I think the sequel proved certainly enough that they 
left Temple for Temple's good, and as for the tribulation of 
the tax-collector and the rest, it no doubt eventuated that 
" the tears might live in an onion that should water their 
sorrow ! " 

Not a phlegmatic soul of them retaliated : some think, how- 
ever, that they refrained from so doing only on the principle 
that i* they who live in glass houses mustn't throw stones." 

Six weeks after, Mr. Blood happening to be at Esq. Cod- 
man's office in Boston, a man came in and asked Oodman if he 
could tell him how he might send a letter to Temple ; " for," 
said he, " there are several Germans here on the town, who 
cost us pretty roundly ; and they belong to the town of Tem- 
ple, and I want they should pay costs, and take them off." 
" This man is from Temple," says Codman, inclining to Mr. 
Blood, " and one of the selectmen, too, for aught I know : he 
will carry it up for you, perhaps." "Are you one of the 
selectmen of Temple ? " says the Bostonian. "I am; " was 
the answer. " Well, you may have to stop with us awhile, 
then." "Indeed," says the General, " take my arm, and I'll 
find bail in three minutes' walk with you. Furthermore, 
these fellows were all warned out of Temple six weeks ago, 
according to law ! " 

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was afterward found out that the Boston people sent all the 
way to Amherst 1 by a fast courier, to ascertain whether 
Blood spoke the truth or a lie. 

This was probably the most signal instance of a warning 
out " that ever occurred in New England. Whether or not our 
ancestors are to be justified in their proceedings, let casuists 
and financiers settle among themselves. All we know is, that 
the best way they could make it up to them, was to conse- 
crate that good, old, German, Temple-manufactured bottle to 
the everlasting use and graces of hospitality. This they did ; 
and ever since that time hath our Festive Genius sipped her 
free and delicious nectar, sitting in our Temple. 

When we were used to read in our old geographies about peo- 
ple and nations far away over the waters, we were most pleased 
to learn how hospitable they were. To our young eyes, the 
word " hospitable " was illuminated on the page, and appeared 
a much larger word than its fellows. The growing years 
serve only to make us love it just as much, and appreciate it 
a great deal more : we unconsciously repeat, with still increas- 
ing emphasis every day of our lives, " How incomparable is a 
a good fellow ! " The whole philosophy of it is, that we here 
find a soul which gives more than it receives. There is a 
largeness of possession about these which attracts us toward 
them; you will see them everywhere overflowing with kind- 
nesses ; not beakers drained to the dregs, but always mantling 
1 with pure and genial wine. They come to all of us like the 
refreshing showers, the benediction-dropping priests of sum- 
mer ; we breathe their incense, we feel the glow of the coals 
on their altars ! If a geography of New Hampshire should 
be gotten out to-day, in the ordinary style of what is called 
geography, it would not be perfect if Temple wasn't set down 
in it for one of the " most hospitable towns in the State." 
" Bed ! " exclaimed John Browdie to Nicholas Nickleby, " I 
wish thou couldst sleep in fower beds at once; by the Lord, 

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thou shouldst have, 'em a' ! " And that is the spirit you will 
find in this town ; every where you go. 

The population of Temple must have increased very rap- 
idly in the eleven years intervening "between 1769, (the year 
when they built their first meeting-house,) and 1780; for we 
find the town choosing a committee, in November of that year, 
to procure materials for building a new house, 42 by 55 feet, 
and 24 feet post. In June, 1781, a building committee was 
chosen, consisting of Ezekiel Jewett, Benjamin Cragin, Aaron 
Felt, Ebenezer Edwards and Abijah Wheeler. They com- 
menced raising the church Sept. the 11th, 1781, with the help 
of fifteen men from each of the towns — Wilton, New Ips- 
wich and Peterboro — and five from Sharon, then called, 
as Temple formerly had been, " Sliptown." In accordance 
with their principles of hospitality, the inhabitants provided 
three or four barrels of New England and West India rum, 
and sugar by the cask, for the framers and raisers. The 
house was not thoroughly finished before 1783; but I find 
certain deeds of "pews," that are dated in 1782. 

Simultaneously with the erection of the new meeting-house, 
Rev. Noah Miles was ordained pastor of the church. The 
ordination sermon was preached Oct. the 2d, 1782. Pre- 
viously, however, to the settlement of Mr. Miles, there came a 
minister from Berwick, Me., into the parts to seek employ- 
ment, and the people here hired him for four sabbaths. When 
they undertook to give him a call, there was so much opposi- 
tion that he left town, and soon after settled in Nelson. 1 
While there, he sued the town of Temple for an equivocal 
debt, but lost his action. The town then sent Gen. Blood to 
Connecticut, to hire a man by the name of Hale. 1 Mr. Blood 
found him at the house of a certain deacon where he was call- 
ing at the time, and had just effected an engagement with him, 
when in came three men of the place, to hire Mr. Hale for 
another term. Mr. Hale told them " they were a trifle too late, t 

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as he had just engaged to go to Temple, N. H.," whereupon 
the three men "fell upon Blood like tigers," as the story 
goes, " and abused him with the worst of language, for steal- 
ing their minister; and told him," (with how much authority 
you can imagine,) 11 to leave the State! 11 The people were so 
furious against him, that he couldn't find any lodging place in 
the whole town, and was obliged to leave with the minister 
that night. Other clergymen, by the names of Foster, Shaw, 
Nathaniel Gaylord, Seth Payson and Joseph Emerson, 
preached a few Sundays apiece, before Mr. Miles was ordained. 
Mr. Miles was about thirty years of age, at his first coming 
into town : and just as if there was to be no end to church 
lawsuits, Mr. Miles had been here but a little while, before 
over there came from Westminster, Mass., the place of his 
former residence, two or three men to trustee the town for a 
debt 1 which Mr. Miles, (as very often happens to students at 
college,) had contracted in the pursuit of his education. 
Somehow or other, the trustee-process was avoided by the 
people, but they assured the men that they would pay the 
debt, though without cost to Mr. Miles. The creditors swore ; 
the Temple-men brought them before the court on a charge of 
profanity, and recovered the customary fine : the creditors 
swore a second and a third time ; two more fines, similar to 
the first, were accordingly levied. 

By this time the Westmiusterians had probably enough of 
it, and went away, after having agreed to take their pay in 
cattle, which should be delivered to them at Westminster. 
The cattle having been collected, Colonel Wheeler was ap- 
pointed to conduct them to the place of destination. Before 
he started, Gen. Blood took him one side, (in a fatherly 
way, I suppose, as Wheeler was a son-in-law of his,) and told 
him to remember that those were his (that is, Colonel Wheeler's) 
cattle, and nobody 1 s else when he should arrive in West- 
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Well, Colonel Wheeler had hardly got into Westminster, 
when the creditors came with the sheriff to attach the cattle. 
" This is my property," said the Colonel, " and you will do full 
as well to let it alone ; but I will pay Mr. Miles's debt, 
however) with these cattle, if you will give me up the notes ; 
otherwise, collect it as best you can ! " They were not long- 
in deciding to surrender the notes, and the Colonel returned 
home, having done the business to the eminent satisfaction of 
his employers. 

Mr. Miles's ministry here continued fifty years. During that 
time he must have preached the funeral sermons of most if 
not all the old settlers. He is said to have been a very 
eccentric man, and no doubt many anecdotes are extant con- 
cerning him, but I have not been fortunate enough to secure 
any that would be of extraordinary interest. 

Mr. Miles was settled upon a salary of £60, "lawful 
silver money." After the war terminated, an addition was 
made which brought it up to nearly £70, and some years later, 
on the occasion of a small corner of Lyndboro's being 
annexed to Temple, it was again increased. 

He also enjoyed the improvement of the "ministerial lot," 
as the term went, said lot being the gift of Mr. Webster to 
the church for the residence of their future ministers. 

And now in 1783 our fathers had completed an edifice, 
which although perhaps the Russian counsellor who carried 
Kotzebue into exile, might not have deigned to notice, (for 
he paid no regard whatever to any but stone-built churches,) 
was, nevertheless, something on the palatial plan for those 
days, to say the least. 

I don't know what the color of it was, but if I might be 
allowed to hazard a conjecture, I should say it was yellow ; — 
sunflower, perhaps, or saffron yellow ; at all events, if it was 
not yellow, it could n't have been our father's fault, for they 
would surely have had it yellow, if the British tax on painters' 
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colors or something of that sort had not prevented. If the 
builders were not indeed, 

" singing masons building roofs of gold" 

they were certainly singing carpenters building roofs that were 
destined to very much resemble gold. 

You who have actually beheld a meeting-house of that 
period, must all have come to similar conclusions respecting 
the taste of the architects. 

To whatever town you go, the builders of the " old meeting- 
house " seem to have been 

" Opining to revise a structure new 
Where art surpassed itself and nature too! " 

Ladies and Gentlemen : — As I come down in my narrative 
from elate to date and from era to era, I am ludicrously 
reminded of a certain practice of the Chinese actors. 

" If a General, on a Pekin or Canton stage, is ordered on 
an expedition," says Davis, "he brandishes a whip, or takes 
in his hand the reins of a bridle, and striding three or four 
times around a platform in the midst of a tremendous crash 
of gongs, drums and trumpets, finally stops short and tells 
the audience where he has arrived." 

We have arrived, then, at the end of the Revolutionary 
war. It is the year 1783, just one quarter of a century since 
Joshua Tocld settled himself and his family within the limits 
of what is now Temple. 

We have this year finished the first baptism of our centu- 
ry-plant in the precious blood of certain of our sons. We 
have a history ! was there ever a more entertaining one ? Is 
it not unique ? is it not various ? is it not incomparable ? 

While we rejoice here to-day at the fair story of our ances- 
tors, let us at the same time feel highly grateful to those earnest 
gentlemen of the committee, who have taken such a deal of 
pains to collect the numerous facts in the history of the town. 

My personal thanks are also due to other gentlemen beside 
those of the committee, whose names I need not mention. I 
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deceased, without whose admirable foresight our address 
to-day would be more feeble than its wont. Daniel Heald 
was a worthy representative of that class of men, who in pro- 
portion as they come near to leave their own worldly enjoy- 
ment,become more auxious to enhance that of the generations to 
come after them. A few weeks before his death, this good man 
caused a record to be made of all the interesting facts which he 
remembered in the history of the town ; requiescat in pace! The 
few remaining facts, mostly statistics, which we have time to 
present to you, are also referable to the same sources. " Chil- 
dren are never too tender to be whipped " says one, — " like 
tough beef-steak, the more you whip them the more tender 
they become," — a remark preeminently true of the olden 
time. We find accordingly that our wise fathers, as early as 
1771, voted several pounds sterling for the purpose implied 
in the above quotation ; though to be candid, I suppose the 
appropriation was more particularly intended for the intellect- 
ual improvement of their sons and daughters. The first 
teacher of any of our schools, whose name I learn, was Samuel 
Appleton, of New Ipswich. His entire wages for the winter 
were probably about $18.00. It is a curious reflection that 
in after life he sometimes made a single donation of more 
than a thousand times that amount. The name of Thomas 
Cunningham occurs, as a teacher in 1796. David Stiles 
taught some years, I believe. Here is a receipt which he 
gives in 1803 : 

Temple, Jan. 1*<., 1803. 

Rec'd of Maj'r Francis Blood $18.00, in full for teaching 
school in sd town six weeks. David Stiles. 

Ancient school records are so rare a thing that we ought to 
be thankful for the few data which we have. 

The record of crime in Temple, we rejoice to say, would 
find a great deal of room in a nut-shell, I think there is only 
one case of superior crime made out against any citizen of 
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proved to have been accessory to some counterfeiting, 1 the 
main share of which was carried on in a neighboring town. 
But the people here washed their hands of the crime by put- 
ting the culprit in the pillory, and if you will pardon us to 
the extent of a brace of puns, we may say, that like a large 
and well-cultivated corn-field, our counterfeiting friend was 
prematurely blessed with a magnificent crop of ears! -He 
immediately left the town in disgust, and has not returned 
to this day. This happened in 1786. 

The catalogue of pauperism is comparatively briefer even 
than that of crime. Jonathan Stevens and wife were the first 
who fell upon the town for subsistence, and since that time 
there has rarely been more than one person in that condition 
at the same period. 

Even Death, that common visitor of us all, stalks more slowly 
up this way than he does in most other directions. The ave- 
rage age of those who have died in this town during the last 
thirteen years, is more than 47, or nearly half a century. 

This perfect salubrity of our climate is mostly due, no 
doubt, to the airy, Hygeian mountains in our Physical Geog- 
raphy; and also to our want of ponds and rivers, and the 
consequent absence of miasmata and deleterious fogs in sum- 
mer and autumn ; and above all is our longevity to be ascribed 
to that so far fortunate want of water-privileges, which has 
necessitated agriculture for our common employment. 

" That guest of Summer, 
The TEMPLE-haxmtmg martlet, does approve 
By his lov'd manskmry, that the heaven's breath 

Smells wooingly here:" " Where they 

Most breed and haunt, I have observed the air 
Is delicate." 

If Nature has been in our favor, we have also had the most 
widely-celebrated Physician in the parts to rely upon. Dr. 
Nathaniel Kingsbury has been our resident for many years. 
When indeed Nature could no longer keep up alone, she has 
found an efficient helper, and Human Life in Temple has often- 

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times owned her only savior in the person of Dr. Nathaniel 
Kingsbury. " May he live a thousand years I" The Oriental 
hyperbole was never more worthily expressed of any man 
that has lived on the planet. " Our ancestors were very good 
kind of folks," says the man in the play, "but they are the 
last people one would choose to have a visiting acquaintance 
with!" and I am much mistaken if the Doctor hasn't always 
managed it that the visit should be deferred as long as pos- 
sible. 

We have had good men to save our property for us as well 
as our lives : not, indeed, men regularly educated in that much 
abused profession of the Law, but men of tact and clearness, 
who were commonly sure of success. Gen. Blood acted in 
that capacity until his death in 1814, when his mantle fell 
upon David Stiles, Esq., who has worn it, with as good a 
grace, from that time to this day. 

Among other of the leading men who have lived in town 
may be named, Daniel Searle, Ebenezer Edwards, Abijah 
Wheeler, Nathan Wheeler, Daniel Heald, Francis Blood, Jr., 
Archelaus Cummings, Samuel Howard, James Crombie, and 
the Cragin brothers, John, Benjamin and Francis. 

Hon. William Appleton, reputed the wealthiest of that 
princely family, passed five years of his youth with us, as a 
clerk, 1 in the store of Artemas Wheeler. I am told that he 
visited the town only a few weeks ago, in company with his 
cousin, Nathan Appleton, and felt peculiar pleasure in meeting 
with some of his early friends here, and recognizing the places 
familiar to his younger clays. Here first saw the light that 
munificent Alabaman millionaire, Hon. Daniel Pratt, the man 
who first proved what manufactures could do for a Southern 
State. A. S. Thornton, Esq., a very wealthy merchant of 
Manchester, in England, and recently deceased, was a native 
of this town. Here lived during the last years of a protracted 
life, Brigadier General James Miller, the hero of three Ameri- 
can battles, and Governor of the Territory of Arkansas. 

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Whoever has travelled the summer road to Wilton, which 
conducts one by the new cemetery, cannot have failed to 
notice, soon after passing that lone resting-place of our ances- 
tors, a charming little cottage, surrounded by arbors and 
trellisses, and withal such a sweet and tasteful residence, that 
it might seem to have been imported from some one of the 
beautiful suburban towns of Boston. It was here in this house 
that Gen. James Miller lived and died. 

The tesselated gardens, where thousands of flowers in their 
handsome uniforms are disposed in squares and columns, the 
long and formidable looking lines of hawthorn, the parapets 
of trim shrubbery, all remind us that the spot is cherished 
just as it ought to be cherished. Look down the airy lawn, 
in front, which invites you to its prospect, and behold where 
Nature surrounds the very trunks of the magnificent elms 
with branches, to show how families ought to love and embrace 
the sacred memory of a worthy and distinguished ancestor. 
About the first news that came through our Post Office, which 
was established in the year 1812, were the news of the battle 
of Brownstown, wherein Lieut.-Colonel Miller took a part of 
the greatest prominence. From that time until his death, 
which occurred in 1851, the people of Temple were proud to 
hear of his continued successes, and rejoiced to hail their 
military townsman as one of the first patriots of the age. His 
remains were conveyed to Salem, Mass., to be deposited 
beside those of his wife in the beautiful cemetery of Harmony 
Grove. 

The year 1832 saw a new religious society formed here, 
consisting mostly of Universalists, which went under the name 
of " The Union Society." The distinguished Hosea Ballou 
was the first clergyman they employed. After him, preached 
Russell Streeter, and then, in order, the Rev. Messrs. Cleverlj r , 
Wellington, and Laws. A commodious church was erected 
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since the death of Mr. Miles, Rev. Leonard Jewett had 
preached to this society. In 1844, he was dismissed at his 
request, and Eev. Walter Follet succeeded him. Mr. Follet 
having asked a dismission in 1855, the Rev. George Goodyear 
was installed in his place. 

Fellow Citizens : — This is the ultimate and crowning fact 
in our history, that we celebrate, in a becoming manner, the 
lives and fortunes of our ancestors. The 7th of October, 
1858, belongs equally to the Future and the Past. This cel- 
ebration is the first of those " accomplishments of many 
years," all of which some future annalist will turn "into an 
hour-glass." Tons alone belongs its immediate perception; 
to us alone the sweet and endearing recollections of the time; 
while to those who shall come after us, we can only commend 
this day and its proceedings as a fair memorial of our present 
state and fruition. 

Simultaneously with the commencement of our second cen- 
tury of existence as a little town in New Hampshire, is inau- 
gurated a new era in the world's history, altogether dissimilar 
to any that have gone before, being acquainted with the secret, 
just now divine, but presently human, of annihilating both 
space and time. Hereafter, the simplest thought of the mo- 
ment strides, like a Colossus, over half the world. The dis- 
tant antipodes, both halves of this mighty planet, are to be 
electrified with tidings of weal or woe, at one and the same 
instant. And while Europe, Asia, and Africa kindle the night 
with bonfires and illuminations, and burn the midnight with 
commemorative beacons, all America will celebrate the same 
event, at noonday, from deep-throated ordnance, and the 
sounding lips of her distinguished orators. The Titans of 
earth having at last outwitted the lightning, fearlessly 

" ascend 

The brightest heaven of Invention." 

When our descendants shall go up, one hundred years from 
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what will be the report of that day's testament, I ask, which 
they shall render to the lightning ? Will it be one mixed 
with foolishness, crime and pauperism ? Let the coming gen- 
erations look to it, for we deliver them a parchment yet 
unstained. Will the Temple of our honor and our sacred 
adoration have been shamelessly violated? Will our hos- 
pitable fires have ceased to burn upon the altars ? Will the 
altars themselves have been torn down ? — or rather, will not 
our sons still continue brave and genial, and our daughters 
honest? Will not our Temple some day become a shrine to 
be resorted to by the fainting children of earth, wherein to 
renew their faith in progress and their hopes of humanity ? 

If the first be true, then had we better sink to-day. with 
all our fair history and our memorable examples : but if the 
last be true, then can we well afford to pause a century for 
the reply. 



PROCEEDINGS 

OP THE 

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 




j.h.bufford's lith, boston 




PROCEEDINGS. 



June 18, 1858. Several inhabitants of Temple met at the 
Congregational Church, according to notice, and acted as 
follows : 

1st, chose Dea. N. Wheeler, Chairman; 2d, chose Wm. H. 
Howard, Secretary ; 3d, Voted to choose a Committee to con- 
sider the expediency of celebrating, this year, the Centennial 
Anniversary of the first settlement of the Town of Temple. 

A Committee was then chosen, and the meeting adjourned 
to the 26th inst. Notice being posted, the inhabitants met 
at McClure's Hall on the 26th, and were called to order by 
E. G-. Cutter, Esq. A report was made in favor of the cele- 
bration. One man of each Sch. Dist. was then chosen to 
obtain subscriptions to defray the necessary expenses of the 
celebration; two men of each Sch. Dist. were appointed to 
collect historical matter. At a third meeting, held on July 
3d, at McClure's Hall, Elbridge G. Cutter, Supply W. Ed- 
wards, Joshua Foster, Nahum A. Child, Isaiah Wheeler, The- 
odore Barker, and Isaac N. Wilson, were elected a Committee 
of Arrangements and Invitation. The following circular 
was issued by the Committee : 

Temple, N. H., Aug. 16, 1858. 

Dear Sir: — The inhabitants of this town propose to cel- 
ebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the first settlement 
of the place on Thursday the 7th day of October next, by 
appropriate ceremonies and festivities. They invite the pre- 
sence and co-operation of all who, from circumstances of 
birth, education, connexions, or otherwise, feel an interest in 
the history of the town or its former or present inhabitants. 



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We would therefore express the hope that you will favor us 
with your personal attendance, together with such friends and 
connexions as may find it convenient and pleasant to accom- 
pany you on the occasion. 



Elbridge G. Cutter, 
Supply W. Edwards, 
Joshua Foster, 
Nahum A. Child, 
Isaiah Wheeler, 
Theodore Barker, 
Isaac N. Wilson, 



Committee 

?f. 

Invitation. 



The officers chosen to conduct the exercises were — Pre- 
sident, Isaac Kimball, Esq.; Vice-Presidents, Nathan Col- 
burn, Jr., Augustus Cragin, James Child; Chaplain, Rev. 
George Goodyear; Orator, Henry Ames Blood; Toast-mas- 
ter, Isaiah Wheeler; Chief Marshal, Supply W. Edwards; 
Aids, Danforth Farrar, James D. Heald. 

Saturday, the 7th of Oct., 1858, appointed for the day of 
celebration, turned out an unpropitious one. It was cloudy 
all the morning; and the expectation of rain kept many peo- 
ple of the neighboring towns, who would have else attended, 
at home. The concourse was, nevertheless, very large. The 
rostrum, where the exercises were to be conducted, was 
erected three or four rods east of the Congregational Church, 
and everything here proceeded with as far as the middle of 
the oration, when a considerable shower of rain drove the 
multitude under shelter of the meeting-house. A large num- 
ber were unable to get in ; but, in consequence of recurring 
showers, a return to the rostrum was impracticable. 

The Procession was formed opposite the Universalist 
Church, at 9 1-2 o'clock, A. M. The " Order ,? was — 
Marshals — Band of Music — Committee of Arrangements — 
Orator and Chaplain — President and Vice-Presidents — 
Invited Guests and former Citizens of the Town — Citizens 
of Temple — Citizens from other Towns. The course of the 
procession was directed from the church down the street 
opposite the hotel, thence south on the street east of the 
old cemetery, and continued north-west to the rostrum. 
Excellent music was discoursed by the Band (under direc- 
tion of P. H. Clark) until the assemblage was composed by 
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The first exercise was " Singing by the Choir." The chap- 
lain, Rev. Geo. Goodyear, then offered Prayer. Third, the 
Band performed a " Voluntary." Fourth, the President, Isaac 
Kimball, Esq., delivered a short and appropriate address on 
concluding it, he introduced the Orator, Henry A. Blood, to 
the audience. The Address, contained in the first pages of 
this book, then followed. Fifth, an Ancient Hymn, selected 
for the occasion, was then sung by the Choir. Sentiments, 
Responses, (fee, succeeded. Gov. Steele was the first speaker ; 
mingled humor and earnestness characterized his remarks. 
He contrasted the fashions, of old time with those of the 
present in a very graphic manner, and his anecdotes elicited 
much mirth from the audience. 

John H. Good ale, Ed. of the " Manchester American," was 
called upon to speak in place of Ephraim F. Miller, Esq., who 
was absent. He related an interesting visit he once made at 
Hon. Daniel Pratt's (in Prattville, Ala.) 

Sentiment: The Fathers of Temple — True to their God, their Country, and their 
•Children, they brought their Bibles from afar and left them to their posterity. 

Rev. George Goodyear responded; he was listened to 
with deep attention. 

Adjournment fo/ one hour. 

An excellent dinner was served up at McClure's Hotel dur- 
ing the recess. 

Having re-assembled in the church, the second sentiment 
was read — 

This Bible of our Fathers — 250 years old, — their choicest inheritance and richest 
legacy. 

Rev. Walter Follet responded. His remarks were very 
impressive. During his speech he exhibited a Bible printed 
in the 17th century, and followed, in imagination, the history 
of the volume from that period down to the present time. 

Sentiment : The Early Settlers of Temple — May the fabric of their ambition and 
valor ever be preserved sacred in the memory of their sons and daughters. 

Dr. James H. Crombie responded. He related some very 
interesting anecdotes of the early settlers and earnestly 

1 There was no special reporter present at the celebration. The rain and other 
causes prevented many speeches being made; and only one of all that were made, 
viz., Mr. Joel Powers', of Lowell, has been forwarded to me, — quite anomalous, truly, 
but we trust that other matter will partly compensate the deficiency. 



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exhorted the present generation to preserve the "fabric" (re- 
ferred to in the sentiment) as beautiful as the past had made 
it. He closed with the sentiment — 

Good old Temple, ! — God bless her ! Our maternal home, — the home of our vene- 
rated and departed sues, — our own natal home, — although we shall not meet here 
again upon a like occasion, may we meet "where congregations ne'er break up," in 
that upper and better Temple whose Builder and Maker is God. 

Sentiment: Our Generous Donors. 

Joel Powers, of Lowell, responded — 

Mr. President, — Justice to myself demands that I should 
say to this audience that I was notified but a few hours since 
that I might possibly be called upon to speak to a sentiment 
to be proposed in honor of several liberal gentlemen from 
abroad, whose presence among us contributes so largely to 
the success and pleasure of the occasion. 

This act of your Committee, sir, in thus calling upon me to 
reply to the' sentiment of 11 our generous donors," may at least 
be of questionable propriety, as I have but a feeble claim to 
be classed in that category. I therefore hope I shall not be 
deemed presumptuous in offering a word or two in their 
behalf, for I charitably assume that natural modesty, rather 
than physical inability, has deterred the distinguished gentle- 
men from Boston, Lowell and elsewhere, from responding to 
your flattering compliment. 

Sir, it is, I believe, a truism that the more effectually the 
principle of benevolence becomes enlisted in social enter- 
prises, in the same ratio, will be the experience of mental 
enjoyment, — can the extent of pleasurable emotions, which 
must fill the hearts of the gentlemen alluded to, be truly esti- 
mated ? I almost envy them that wealth which prompts to 
such noble and generous impulses. Bear with me, Mr. Presi- 
dent, while I say a word on my own account. You will 
doubtless acquit me of the charge of egotism when I declare 
myself no public speaker ; nevertheless, the inspiration of the 
hour and the place stimulates me to add a feeble echo to the 
magnificent outburst of eloquence and patriotism which has 
been elicited here to-day. 

An interesting occasion has called us together. One hun- 
dred years have passed away since the first white man pitched 
his tent in this then wilderness. Our sympathies invite us to 
pause and consider the fruitful consequences of that eventful 
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drew her mantle slowly around him, self-expatriated, as he 
was, from all human society, with no neighbors but the wild 
beasts of the forest, with no friend at hand to succor but the 
great Omnipresent. The emotions of that hour cannot be 
appreciated, much less described by us. Yes, one hundred 
years have been added to the long catalogue of things that 
were. In that time, what varied events, what changing scenes 
crowd together, daguerreotyping themselves upon the mind. 

But I will retire from a contemplation of the stately images 
of the past, — I will not presume to glean a single flower 
from the gorgeous fields of the imagination, after they have 
been so effectually shorn of their glories by the keen scythe 
of the orator of the day. Permit me, Sir, to allude to a few 
of the advantages of these and kindred celebrations. They 
serve to check that spirit of recklessness so characteristic of 
our race, by turning back our thoughts upon the numberless 
trials and hardships endured by our forefathers in their per- 
severing endeavors to secure a comfortable home for them- 
selves, and a competency for their children. They tend to 
curb that insane scramble for wealth and fame, because they 
call back the wanderer to his birthplace, to his ancient hearth- 
stone, the center of youthful hopes, joys and sorrows, there 
to call to mind the stern virtues of industry, frugality, and 
temperance, as well as the pious faith so truly illustrated in 
the lives of our ancestors. In fine, these social reunions 
serve to revive old and pleasing associations, and to renew 
past friendships, nearly corroded by the tooth of time. True, 
some of us have come hither with our heads bleached by the 
relentless frosts of many a winter, here to find no near rela- 
tive or dear friend to welcome us to an intimate social broth- 
erhood, — still it is our privilege to turn aside to yonder 
graveyard, there to linger in silent sadness around the tombs 
of our well-remembered, but now departed associates. 

But a truce to melancholy musings on the past, — the rosy 
aspect of the present and future is before us ; and now, when 
from this pilgrimage to our native Temple, we return to our 
respective homes, our various duties and avocations, the mem- 
ory of this scene will often recur to us, — it will cause our 
hearts to overflow with gratitude to God for these social priv- 
ileges, and fill our minds with the fragrance of enduring rec- 
ollections." 

Sentiment : Our Adopted Sons— May they be in future, as in times past, an honor 
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Rev. Solomon Laws responded. Marked attention was 
paid to his address. 

Sentiment: The Daughters of Temple — Respected at home and honored abroad, — 
models of virtue and intelligence. 

John G-. Doland, of Lawrence, Mass., responded. Mr. Do- 
land proved no unworthy knight to take up this glove. His 
delightful melange of prose and poetry sparkled with bril- 
liants, and was rapturously applauded. 

Sentiment: The American Flag — Beneath the protection of its ample folds we 
are assembled here to-day. 

Hon. Hosea Eaton responded with his customary eloquence 
and persuasion. 

Sentiment : The Orator of the Day — Bom in our midst, but nurtured abroad, — he 
has proved this day that Temple blood flows in his veins. 

The Orator briefly responded. 

Sentiment: The Place oj our Birth — Nature's Temple! where the Fathers wor- 
shipped, and where, on this natal day, her sons have come from far to lay their offer- 
ing upon the altar. 

Henry H. Kimball responded. Mr. Kimball was the last 
speaker. 

During the afternoon the following centennial hymn, (com- 
posed by James 0. Killam, for the occasion) was sung by E. 
B. Barrett, of Mason, in response to the sentiment : 

The Early Settlers of Temple — Their privations, toils, and self-denials, gave us our 
privileges, comforts, and homes. 

'T was here amidst these verdant hills, 

One hundred years ago, 
With zeal a few brave men began 

To lay the forests low. 
'T was then a forest dark and wild, 

Around on every side, 
But nothing daunted, on they pressed 

In manhood's strength and pride. 

Among this noble-hearted band 

Had gentle woman come, 
To gladden with her cheerful song 

The settler's cabin home; 
A father's house, a mother's love, 

And friends and kindred kind, 
And e'en the much loved scenes of youth, — 

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For many years this brave band toiled 

The forests to subdue, 
And many hardships they endured 

While yet they numbered few; 
But as the years rolled slowly on, 

Quite oft a settler came, 
And many a giant forest oak 

Was given to the flame. 

Where now the men whose toil procured 

Our homes and liberties, 
Before whom lofty forests bowed, 

No more on earth to rise ? 
Alas, they 've passed away from earth, 

No more to labor here, — 
Blest be the land that gave them birth, — 

That land we still revere. 

Ye children of that noble race. 

Go view the paths they trod ; 
Think of the hardships they endured 

For their country and their God. 
* And may these thoughts inspire your hearts 

With filial reverence true, 
To pay to these, our fathers dear, 

The honor to them due. 

Whene'er their sons prove false to hope, 

Or recreant to trust, 
Ah, let them think those noble forms 

Lie mouldering in the dust; 
They rest in yonder grave-yard drear, 

O'er which the storm-king raves. 
Forever cherished be the spot, 

And sacred be their graves. 

The following toast, from Mr. Wm. Boynton, of New Ips- 
wich, though by some oversight not read upon the occasion, is 
too good to be lost : 

The Sons and Daughters of Temple ! — (By the scion of a son,) — The Sons ! May 
they be Hale and hearty, their Blood pure and healthy, and their character so spotless 
as to need no Whiting. In dress and ad-dress may they imitate good Stiles, and in 
bravery ' try ' to rival a Miller. The Daughters ! May they never languish for a 
Buss. Let the beau Killam with kindness — always greet them with a lore-Patten, and 
Foster virtue, goodness and truth. When in wedlock united, may they be blessed 
with a Child who in piety shall exceed an Edwards, and in philanthropy equal a How- 
ard; — in short, never be caught at a Ball, but rear in their hearts a Temple worthy 
of travelling Miles to worship in, and finally, in every good and righteous cause may 
their influence always be Felt ! 

Mrs. Huldah M. Clapp, of Albany, N. Y., (daughter of Rev. 
N. Miles) enclosed a Poem to the Committee : 



The passing years of life glide on apace, 

With changing home-scenes in a distant clime 

To dim the vista of our native place, 
And names familiar in the olden time. 

But when like this, an episode occurs, — 
For such it is to all, whate'er our lot, — 

With gushing gladness our whole soul recurs 
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The ancient church, where Father stood and spoke, 
For many years, in humble thought and tongue, 

Which from the sleep of moral death awoke 
The slumbering souls of sinners old and young — 

The school-house, too, beneath the cropping hill, 
Where first in line beside our teacher's knee, 

With lifted voice, the welkin wide to fill, 
We stammered o'er the mystic A, B, C, — 

The ride, the walk, the spinning-bee and ball, 
The wedding party, birth, and burial train, 

Each in its place, and in their turn, come all, 
To touch the heart with joy or sorrow's strain. 

thou, my native town ! shall I forget 
Whose maiden feet o'er all thy bosom trod, — 

Whose father, mother, brother, kinsmen, yet 
Are lying 'neath thy emerald sod? 

No! while the tablet of the mind remains 

Unbroken by disease or lapsing age, 
As seen in girlhood, I will thee retain 

Securely shrined upon the golden page. 

And you, my friends of youth, who here to-day, 
Though long estranged, do now in common meet, 

To Temples past your homage 'gain to pay, 
Though absent far, in sympathy I greet. 

1 would that I could join your social band, 
To mingle in the acts of jubilee, 

And give the greeting with extended hand, — ■ 
But present duty calls, — this may not be ! 

Perhaps 't is entered now in Heaven's decree, 
That on this side the limits of the grave, 

The one the other never more may see, — 
May all, as God's elect, that pleasure have! 



A troop of masqueraders assisted greatly at the celebration. 
They were Charles W. Felt and wife, Geo. D. Felt and Esther 
H. Foster of Greenfield. N. H. Their costume was that " of 
the fathers." S. B. Heald kept on exhibition during the day, 
a collection of Glass-house, Revolutionary, and various other 
relics, belonging specifically to Temple. The various exer- 
cises of the day were, at the same time, rendered distinct 
from each other and melted together in one, by the magic of 
Mr. Clark's well-directed music. 



Ena'cL cry Gapewell &JiRrran&L. 




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LETTERS. 

Letter of Hon. William Appleton. 

Boston, 11th Sept., 1858. 

Gentlemen, — I am much obliged by your invitation to 
attend the Centennial Anniversary of the first settlement of 
Temple. I regret that engagements for the next month will 
prevent my having the pleasure. 

Yery sincerely yours, 

Wm. Appleton. 

Mr- E. G. Cutter, and others, 
Committee of Invitation. 

With this you have a check for fifty dollars 1 to aid in meet- 
ing the expenses of the celebration. 

From Hon. Daniel Pratt. 

Prattvilee, Ala., Sept. 8, 1858, 

Dear Sir, — Yours of the 15th inst., with an invitation to 
attend your Centennial Celebration of the settlement of Tem- 
ple, has been received. I should be much pleased to be with 
you on that interesting occasion ; but the distance is such, I 
could not conveniently attend. 

Will you allow me to say a few words on this interesting 
occasion? It is nearly forty- three years since I left the town 
of Temple, the place of my birth, and thirty-eight years since 
I left New Hampshire and came South. Notwithstanding the 
length of time that has elapsed, I still look back with pleasure 
to the time when I lived in your town, and bring to mind 
many of its inhabitants. I also remember the great rocks 
and hills which, on my last visit there, appeared much more 
natural to me than the people I met. The former I found 
much as I had left them, but sad to reflect, most of the old 
inhabitants had passed away. I shall soon follow them. 
When I first settled in Alabama the distance in point of time 
between here and New Hampshire was great. It took me 
between two and three weeks to travel it. I can now do so 
in one-fourth part of that time, and with much more ease. 

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This is certainly a great improvement : it is, however, almost 
lost sight of when we consider the lightning speed at which 
we can communicate with our friends and with business men. 
When we reflect on the great advantages we enjoy as a nation, 
and the superiority of our privileges over those of any other 
people on the globe, ought we not to be grateful to that Being 
who, by a special Providence, has granted us these blessings ? 
And furthermore, ought we not, by all the means in our power, 
endeavor to perpetuate these precious privileges through all 
time ? We are the most independent people on earth. We 
have a great variety of climate and soil, — can raise and 
manufacture every article we actually need, as well as the 
luxuries of life. The New England States are blessed with a 
healthy location, excellent water-power, and an enterprising, 
energetic people. Their soil is nothing to boast of; that, 
however, is compensated by their excellent water-power and 
the health of their location. Nature seems to have designed 
them for manufacturing States. Its inhabitants have so 
assisted Nature with railroad facilities, that it probably is 
now the most desirable country in the world for that purpose. 

After all, what could New England do by herself, discon- 
nected from other portions of the country ? A large portion 
of its inhabitants would be obliged to leave for more fertile 
regions, or starve. 

What was the great Western country designed for ? Was 
it to raise Wheat, Corn, Beef, and Fork, all to be consumed 
at home? What were the Southern States designed for? 
Was it to raise Cotton, Sugar, Rice and Tobacco, for their 
exclusive consumption ? If so, what would become of the 
manufacturing States ? Was California to dig gold, and keep 
and use it all herself? It seems to me that it needs but little 
reflection to decide that this great and fertile country was 
intended for a great and united people. We were made 
dependent on each other for the purpose of securing strength, 
and developing the agricultural and mechanical skill and 
resources of the country. A happier people does not exist 
on earth. The laboring classes are better fed and cared for 
than in any other portion of the world. We have a popula- 
tion better adapted to the various climates and occupations 
of the country, as a whole, than any other. We are certainly 
a happy, thriving, and prosperous people, — and but one thing 
is necessary to secure the perpetuity of these blessings ; that 
is, for each division of the country to attend to its own indi- 



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vidual interests ; the North to manufacture, the South to pro- 
vide the raw material, the West to furnish the provisions, and 
California the circulating medium. In conclusion, I would 
offer this sentiment : 

May God continue to bless us as a nation, and may we 
appreciate the blessing and strive to retain it. 

Yours respectfully, 

Daniel Pratt. 

Mr. Nahttm A. Child, 
Temple, N. H. 

Mr. Pratt sent his check for $50 to aid in the expenses of 
the celebration. 

From James M. Edwards. 

Boston, September 18, 1858. 

Dear Sir, — I received sometime since a circular inviting 
me to the Centennial Anniversary you propose celebrating. 
If it is in my power to leave my business at that time, you 
may depend on seeing me. I see you intend to publish a 
history of the town. If a file of old diaries, which my father 
left, can be found, they will be of some service to the author. 

My father never failed writing in a book, every night, what 
had occurred during the day, from long before I was born, till 
within a year of his death, and, if those diaries could be 
found, they would, no doubt, serve to fix dates to many 
transactions, with a certainty which would be serviceable to 
the author of the history. If I am not able to be present, you 
have my best wishes that you may have a good celebration. 

Yours truly, 

James M. Edwards. 

Mr. Elbkidge G. Cutter. 

From Aaron Mansur. 

Lowell, September 13, 18-58, 

Gent, — I have received your kind invitation to be present 
at the celebration of the first settlement of my native town, 
in October. I should be much gratified to be able to accept 
it, but the infirm state of my health puts it out of my power 
to do so. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 

Aaron Mansur. 

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From Horace Howard. 

Lowell, September 2, 1858. 

Gent, — Your circular, inviting me and my friends to be 
present at the Centennial Anniversary of the first settlement 
of the town of Temple, on the 7th of October next, was 
received last evening. It cannot fail to be an interesting 
occasion to all who have been connected with the past or 
present history of the town. We shall therefore endeavor 
to do ourselves the pleasure to be present on that occasion. 
I send you $10 toward defraying the expenses of the day. 

Be pleased to accept for yourself, and through you for the 
other members of the Committee associated with you, my 
sincere thanks for your kind invitation. 

I am, with great respect, yours, &c, 

H. Howard. 

To Messrs. Nahum A. Child and others, 
Committee of Invitation. 

Sentiment: — The Town of Temple — The well-cultivated farms on the east 
and south, to the mountain range on the north and west, emblems of her prosperity, — 
may the honor of her sons be as lasting ! 

From Josiah Stickney. 

Watertown, September 30, 1858. 

My dear Sir, — Your favor of the 16th inst. came duly to 
hand. I notice your object in making this call is to perpetu- 
ate the memories of the first settlers of your town. I regret 
that I am personally acquainted with scarcely an individual 
in Temple. But it is the birthplace of my partner for life, 
and the resting-place of her parents, whose names we revere, 
and whose long and useful lives are fresh in the recollections 
of all who knew them. To aid this object, we have enclosed 
you $20, our humble offering, sincerely trusting your laudable 
project will be crowned with entire success. 

We remain, most truly, yours, 

Josiah Stickney and Wife. 

N. A. Child, Esq. 

From Mrs. Emily S. Gilmore. 

Boston, October 2, 1858. 

Gentlemen, — You will pardon my delay in answering your 
letter. With the enclosed contribution 1 towards your fes- 
tivities, you have my best wishes, and with you my native 
town, on the happy occasion of its centennial anniversary. 

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My son-in-law, Dr. H. R. Storer, contributes this toast, 1 de- 
siring thus to acknowledge, in as appropriate a manner as 
possible, his indebtedness to the good old town. 

Sincerely yours, 

Emily S. Gilmore. 

Messrs. Gutter, Edwards, Foster, Child, 
Wheeler, Barker and Wilson. 

From James Patten. 

Boston, September 15, 1858. 

Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure of receiYing your favor of 
16th lilt. • also a circular from the Committee, inYiting my par- 
ticipation in the Centennial Anniversary of the settlement of 
Temple. I beg to assure the Committee that I shall take 
great pleasure in being present on so interesting an occasion, 
and hope to avail myself of their kind invitation. 

You will please accept $25. Yours, very truly, 

James Patten. 

N. A. Child, Esq. 

From Rev. Leonard Jewett. 

Hollis, October 4, 1858. 

Dear Sir, — A few days since I received a line from you, 
inviting me to attend the Centennial Celebration at Temple, 
on the 7th of this month. I am not insensible to the honor 
done me in extending this kind invitation. But I am sorry 
to say that I shall not probably be able to be present on that 
interesting occasion. For a week or two past I have been 
afflicted with a cold, attended with the ague in my face, and 
this, with other local difficulties, must be my apology for not 
being present to mingle with you and my other Temple 
friends in your centennial festivities. I want you to inform 
Mr. N. A. Child, from whom J have also received an invita- 
tion, and others of the Committee of Arrangements, of this. 

I hope the good people of Temple will improve this inter- 
esting occasion to their mutual improvement and prosperity, 
both in their temporal and spiritual interests, and be reminded 
by it of the rapidity of time, and of the importance of wisely 
spending the fleeting moments of life. 

Yours respectfully, 

L. Jewett. 

To William Kimball, Esq. 

!Dr. Storer's toast was to " The Grand-daughters of Temple.'* We regret to 
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From N. B. Miles. 

Albany, October 2d, 1858. 

Dear Sir, — Yours of the 10th of September came duly to 
hand, and it has been my absence that kept me from answering 
before. 

I would gladly avail myself of the pleasure of being at the 
Centennial Celebration at Temple, Oct. 7th, but circumstances 
will not permit. That spot holds a very conspicuous place in 
my memory. My boyhood was passed among those hills, and 
it is endeared to me as the place where the dust of my 
honored parents lies. 

Permit me to offer the following sentiment : 

Old Temple — Placed among the granite hills. May it ever nurture the strong, the 
brave, the virtuous ; and when the wanderers, and those that remain upon its soil 
shall again be gathered, may it be in that Temple made without hands, eternal in the 
heavens. 

With much respect, I remain yours truly, 

N. B. Miles. 

William Kimball, Esq. 

From Nathaniel Shattuch, Esq. 

Lynn, Mass., October 1, 1858. 

Your line and circular, kindly extending an invitation to 
me to be present at your contemplated Centennial Celebra- 
tion in Temple, on the 7th inst., is before me. To every one, 
the best country on the globe is his own, and the spot upon it, 
the most dear, is the place of his birth. Distance does not 
lessen its charms. Temple has ever been noted for its spirit 
of emigration. There is probably no State of the Union in 
which Temple is not represented. 

Like the oak of the forest, I have withstood the storms of 
more than eighty winters, even fourscore and four. Cod be 
praised for his goodness. In excuse for not attending your 
celebration, many days should speak, and a multitude of years 
should teach wisdom. Though absent in body, I shall be 
present in mind. Respectfully, 

N. Shattuck. 
P. S. My sentiment on this occasion, shall be, — 

The Town of Temple — May it be a Temple indeed! be lasting as time, and its 
worship remain pure and constant, so long as the sun shall continue or the moon 
shall endure. N. S. 

Mr. Joshua Foster. 



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From Oliver Whiting Blood. 

Concord, September 6th, 1858. 

Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of your circular, extending to 
me an invitation to be present at your town's Centennial 
Anniversary. 

I will say in answer, that it would be a source of great sat- 
isfaction to me to meet you on that occasion, but I am so sit- 
uated in business at present, and expect to be at that time, 
that I am unable to give you a definite answer now, whether 
I shall be able to come or not. 

If, when the time arrives, I can possibly make arrangements 
to leave my business, I will with much pleasure, and join with 
you, hand and heart, in the celebration. 

Yours very respectfully, 

Oliver W. Blood. 

Nahum A. Child, Esq. 

From Abel Boynton. 

New Lisbon, Wis., September 8th. 1858, 

Gentlemen,- — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 
of your kind invitation to attend the Centennial Anniversary 
of the first settlement of my native town. I regret exceed- 
ingly that the pressing duties of life prevent my being pres- 
ent on this most memorable occasion ; but my sympathies and 
whole soul are with you. When I contemplate the lives, man- 
ners and customs of the first settlers of Temple, it awakens 
a lively sensation of my youthful days, and calls in a whole 
train of incidents and events, where back-logs, bean-porridge, 
cordial jokes, and artful tricks were prominent, and where 
the stranger was always welcome to their hospitable homes. 

For quick perception and clear intelligence, they were not 
surpassed. They were self-made men, able to vindicate their 
own cause in a speech, or, (if necessity compelled it,) in a 
fight. They were generally robust, healthy, and strong, and 
the custom was, at any gathering, to see "who was the strongest 
man? " and after considerable contention among the heroes, 
the palm of victory was generally borne off by Abel Blood, 
son of Gen. Francis Blood. 

They were honorable and generous in their dealings, and 
the sick-bed not only found the sympathy of the healthy, but 
it found them in person, with baskets laden with charity, 
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bestowing words of comfort and consolation upon the 
desponding hopes of the invalid. I will now close with the 
following sentiment : 

The First Settlers of Temple — Like the stars in the heavens, whose 
brightness space doth not limit, nor darkness shroud; so will their lives continue 
to shine, from generation to generation, until time shall be no more. 

Yours, with much respect, 

Abel Boynton. 

To Elbridge G. Cutter, Supply W. 
Edwards, Joshua Foster, Nahum A. 
Child, Isaiah Wheeler, Theodore 
Barker, Isaac N. Wilson, Committee. 

From Ephraim F. Miller, Esq. 

Salem, Mass., September 30, 1858. 

Gentlemen, — I take great pleasure in accepting your kind 
invitation to be present on the occasion of the approaching 
Centennial Anniversary of the settlement of Temple ; and 
trust that nothing unforeseen will interfere to prevent my 
attending. I am, very respectfully, your obt. servant, 

Ephraim F. Miller. 

To Messrs. Elbridge G. Cutter, Supply 
W. Edwards, Joshua Foster, Nahum 
A. Child, Isaiah Wheeler, Theodore 
Barker, Isaac N. Wilson, Committee of 
Invitation. 

From Nathaniel Kingsbury, M. D. 

Dear Sir, — I had the pleasure of receiving your note, last 
week, inviting me to the celebration, at Temple, on the 7th. 
I had indulged the hope and expectation of being able to 
attend, till this morning. But, having engaged to attend a 
patient, who is now in so critical a condition that I cannot 
leave, I must forego the pleasure. 

It is barely possible I may yet be with you, but not proba- 
ble. Allow me to express the hope that the Blood of Temple, 
whether native or transfused, may have free Circulation, and 
be preserved pure and untainted. I send the committee a 
light tonic 1 for the occasion. Very respectfully, 

N. Kingsbury. 

William Kimball, Esq. 



l A sum of mone}*. 



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From Hon. James M. Keith. 

Bostox, September 18, 1858. 

Dear Sir, — Your circular and accompanying note, inviting 
me to attend the Centennial Celebration of the settlement of 
the town of Temple, was duly received. I have never been a 
resident of Temple, as you are aware, nor, indeed, had I ever 
the pleasure of a visit even, to her health-invigorating and 
romantic hills, until within a few weeks. But, notwithstand- 
ing my brief and imperfect acquaintance with your town, I 
feel a lively interest in her history and welfare : an interest 
incited and fostered by the constant companionship of one of 
the fairest of her daughters, who presides over and is 
enshrined within the penetralia of my home. Hence, Temple 
justly shares my love, and has my best wishes for her con- 
tinued prosperity. 

It would certainly afford me great pleasure to attend the 
approaching anniversary ; but, so far as I can now see, 
engagements in court, at that time, will deprive me of that 
pleasure. 

I enclose a sentiment, which you can offer at your centen- 
nial dinner, if you deem it worthy of the occasion. Please 
accept the enclosed trifle towards defraying your expenses, 
and believe me, Truly yours, 

J. M. Keith. 

Nahum A. Child, Esq. 

Mr. Keith's sentiment : 

To us here gathered. — The Temple in which our infancy was cradled, our 
youthful vows of social and religious devotion were offered, and our manhood 
matured, — the Temple of our memories and of our hopes; endeared by our personal 
experiences, by the labors, the joys and the sorrows of our fathers, and consecrated 
by then- sacred dust sleeping within its portals. To-day we offer in it the grateful 
tribute of our affection, and our devout invocation that it evermore maybe The Temple, 
on which the smile of Heaven shall rest. 

From Francis K. Cragin. 

Wobukjt, September 17, 1858. 

Dear Sir,- — Your letter, inviting me to be present at the 
Centennial Celebration of Temple, on the 7th of October next, 
came duly to hand, and I must say nothing would give me 
more pleasure than to comply with your invitation,' and I 
shall most assuredly do so, if it is in my power. I have 
great regards for your good old town of Temple, not only as 
being my birth-place, but also that of my father, and many of 



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my kindred, my great grandfather, John Cragin, having 
removed or emigrated there from Acton, Mass., with three of 
his sons, as early, I think, as 1775, or thereabouts. 

Francis was my grandfather, and Stephen my father, who 
was born in Temple, in 1777. Enclosed please find $5 
towards defraying expenses, and believe me, 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

F. K. Cragin. 

To Mr. Foster. 

From Mrs. J. J. C. Woode. 

Marlboro House, Boston, October 1,1858. 

Sir, — The circular, together with your complimentary note, 
came to me in due time. Please accept my thanks for both, 
and an apology that your note has not received a more prompt 
reply. It gives me much pleasure to learn of your contem- 
plated meeting. To me there is no place on earth around 
which cluster so many sacred and tender memories, as Tem- 
ple. It was the first home of my venerated, but departed 
parents ; where they commenced their journey of life to- 
gether; it was the birth-place of their children. The spir- 
its of the two eldest " rest in heaven," their remains in your 
churchyard. It was the "horue of my childhood/' that 

" Spot of earth supremely blest, — 
A dearer, sweeter spot tban all the rest." 

My parents' high regard for the interests of Temple, and 
their esteem for its inhabitants, was identified with their exis- 
tence, and was parallel with their lives, and left its influence on 
their children. Many who commenced life with me, or nearly 
so, and were the companions of my childhood, now " sleep in 
death," but their memories live. Many years have passed 
away, and time has left its impress of change on our persons, 
and on all that surrounds us, yet my love and veneration for 
my birth-place, and the associations connected with my early 
home, can never be forgotten till memory is dethroned. 

It would give me much pleasure to be with you at your 
Centennial Festival, but the prospect now is that circum- 
stances, beyond my control, will prevent me. Should you suc- 
ceed in publishing a book, the " History of Temple," as you 
suggested in your note to me, might be possible, and the litho- 
graphs of individuals be added, — if agreeable to you, we 
will furnish you with one of my father, who, I believe, was a 
prominent man in the town, in his time. 

Very respectfully yours, 

J. J. C. Woode. 

Mr. N. A. Child. 



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From Martin Heald Fishe, A. If., President of Paducah College, Ky. 

Paducah, Ky., September 15, 1858. 

Gentlemen, — Your polite note, inviting me to be present 
at the Centennial Celebration in Temple, October 7th, has 
been duly received, and I regret very much to state that it 
will be impossible for me to be present. I feel a deep inter- 
est in the welfare of Temple, for I believe there are not many 
towns, if any, in New England, that can boast of a more 
sober, enterprising and industrious class of people, and I 
doubt if there is a town in the country, in proportion to its 
population, that has produced a greater number of school- 
teachers, and better scholars, or where education is more gen- 
erally diffused. 

Let us then feel a just pride in being derived from such a 
place. Let us cherish its interests as the people of old did 
the " Temple of the living God," and transmit them untar- 
nished to posterity. 

Hoping you w ill have great success in the celebration, 
I remain yours respectfully, 

M. H. Fiske. 

To E. G. Cutter, and other gentlemen 
of the Committee. 

From Hon. Aaron H. Cragin. 

Lebanon, N. H., September 20, 1858. 

Gent, — Yours of the 16th ultimo, inviting me to attend 
the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the first 
settlement of the town of Temple, was duly received. I have 
delayed my reply for a month or more, hoping, as the time 
approached, that circumstances would allow me to say, "I 
will come." I hardly know of anything that would give me 
more pleasure, than on such an occasion, to visit the town, 
which, nearly a hundred years ago, was the home of my ances- 
tors, and the home of many of the first settlers of my native 
town; but business at court on that week, and urgent duties 
at home compel me to decline the invitation, and to forego 
the pleasure. I cannot even write such a letter as the occa- 
sion, or my interest in the same requires. 

My grandfather, Benjamin Cragin, was, I think, a native of 
Temple. Sure am I that he moved from there, many years 
ago, to Weston, Yt. 

He was one of the first settlers of the latter town, and 
died there about fifty years ago. Several of the early settlers 



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of Weston were from Temple, but I am not sufficiently 
acquainted with their history to enter into any details. They 
were men of noble mould, brave, intelligent, and full of en- 
ergy. They have gone the way of all the earth ; but they 
have left descendants in nearly every State in the Union, fill- 
ing honorable places in society. 

Thanking you for your kind and polite invitation, and 
regretting that I cannot attend your celebration, I am 

Very truly yours, 

A. H. Cragin. 

To E. G. Cutter, N. A. Child, and 
others, Committee. 

From S. C. Heald. 

Lthtt, September 13, 1858. 

Dear Sir — I received a note from you. stating that you 
were proposing to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary 
of the settlement of the town of Temple. I shall heartily 
cooperate with you if it is possible for me to be with you. 
Please find enclosed $5 as a small pittance towards defray- 
ing the expenses. Respectfully yours, 

S. C. Heald. 

N. A. Child. 



J.H. BUFFORDS LITH.BOSTO 




HISTORY OF TEMPLE, N. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE, N. EL 



CHAPTER I. 

GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY. 

Latitude and Longitude — Boundaries — Mountains — Streams — Arboral products — 
Annexations — Cemeteries. 

Temple, New Hampshire, is on the meridian about 71° 40' 
W. from Greenwich, and in N. latitude about 42° 50'. It is 
bounded N. by Peterboro, Greenfield, and Lyndeboro ; E. by 
Lyndeboro and Wilton ; S. by New Ipswich and Mason ; W. 
by Sharon and Peterboro. 

Mountains. — The Pack Monadnock mountains [so called, 
says Mr. F. Kidder (a man well versed in New England arch- 
geology,) from their likeness, when considered with reference 
to the " Grand Monadnock," to a Pack of wolves or hounds,] 
extend from the N. E. to the S. W. part of the town. 

Searle's Mountain was so named from Ens. Jona. Searle. 
Solomon P. Miles pronounced it to be 980 feet above the 
common, or 1,916 feet above the sea level. A Mr. Tufts, 
civil engineer, varied four feet from the above in his measure- 
ment. 

Whiting's Mountain. This is the highest peak or crest of 
the range. Mr. Rodney A. Killam makes it 1,061 feet above 
the common, and 2,002 feet above the sea level. N. lat. 42°, 
52', 35". Long. W. from Greenwich 71°, 40', 54". It is 
said that more than twenty meeting-houses can be seen from 
the summit. 

Heald Mountain, so named from Maj. Ephraim Heald, occu- 
pies the northernmost Lot of " Borland's farm." Mr. Killam 
makes it 1985 feet above the sea level. 

Spofford Mountain occupies Lot 13,R.'III. Jackson, in his 
" Geology of New Hampshire," estimates it to be " 814 feet 
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higher than the ground at Whiting's Hotel, or 1,750 feet above 
the sea. This mountain consists of Mica-Slate and Gneiss, 
the strata of which dip to the N. W." 

Fuller Mountain occupies Lot 8, R. VI. Besides these are 
less elevations. Snow Hill, named from Mr. Josiah Snow who 
lived there, stands upon Lot 6, E. I. Oak Hill, or Back-bone 
Hill, stands on Lot 5, R. V. Blood Hill, named from Gen. F. 
Blood, who lived there, stands upon Lot 5,R. YII. Cummings 
Hill, named from Lt. Arch. Cummings, stands on Lots 7 
and 8, Wilton Range. It is now often called Fisk's Hill, from 
Mr. Jeremiah Fiske, the present owner. Melvin Hill stands 
on Lot 5, R. III. 

Brooks. — All the small streams in Temple originate upon 
the eastern water-shed of the Pack Monadnock. 

Whiting Brook, the most northerly, flows through the Whit- 
ing farm, eastwardly to the Souhegan river. 

Blood Brook rises in Lot 11, R. VI., and flows N. E. then E. 
to the Gambol Brook. 

Barnes Brook rises on Searle's Mt. and flows S. E. to the 
Gambol Brook. 

Gambol Brook, (some say Gamhrel, but the former is to be 
preferred,) has several sources: one upon Kidder Mt. (in 
Temple) another on Spofford Mt. and a third on Lot 12, R. I. 
It flows E., then N. E. to the Souhegan. 

Meadow or Gulf Brook flows E., then S., then E. to the 
Souhegan. 

Arboral Products. — The shrubs and trees, hereafter 
enumerated by their common names, comprise most of those 
growing in Temple. Swamp-lining Tag-Alder; Black Alder, 
bearing red berries ; Yellow and Red Oaks, the first being 
used for wheel-felloes, the Red latterly for shingles ; (Scrub- 
oak is found on the mountains;) White Beach, of which car- 
penters' tools are made ; Red-hearted beach, used principally 
for fire-wood, though some is made into wool-cards. (There 
is more of this than of the white. The white bears the best 
tasting nut.) Rock Maple, whence is made sugar, fire-wood, 
and furniture. Farmers make sled-shoes of it and Wilton 
factory-folks manufacture it into bobbins. White maple 
answers all the above purposes except for sled shoes ; (not so 
abundant as the other.) Dwarf-maple grows upon the moun- 
tain ledges. Red Hemlock, (abundant,) made into plank, 
boards and shingles ; the bark is used for tanning. White 
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Hemlock is medicinal; it grows to the height of 18 or 24 in. 
Common Spruce is manufactured into boards. There are one 
or two specimens of the "Bald Spruce," a tree which, unlike 
the first named, loses its verdure in winter. White Pine was 
at one time predominant, especially in the S. E. part of the 
town; it may be again if the saplings are undisturbed. Pitch 
Pine is rare. Fir Balsams grow on Whiting's Mountain. 
The Chestnut, bearing edible fruit, is common in the N. E. part 
of the town ; it is made into posts, rails, and shingles. There 
are several of the shag-bark walnuts. The Butternut or white 
walnut is scattered here and there ; the bark is excellent for 
dyeing. There is plenty of Hornbeam in the Swamps ; it is 
a very handsome wood, and is used by cabinet-makers. Lo- 
custs have been naturalized here, in groves ; when in bloom 
they diffuse a most agreeable fragrance. White willows and 
white poplars are not infrequent. The Balm of Gilead is 
very rare. White Birch is largely converted into shoe-pegs, 
hoops, spools and bobbins ; it is often charred in great quanti- 
ties. Black Birch is made into shoe-pegs, sled runners, <fcc. ; 
it is, moreover, the most calorific wood used. Silver or Gray 
Birch is not quite so common as white. Bobbins and joists 
are made of it, and brooms were in former times. White Ash 
is much employed in carriage making. There is less of the 
Black Ash; baskets and hoops are made of this latter. Bass- 
wood is uncommon ; other woods which are rare are Lever- 
wood, Dog-wood or poison Sumac, Moosewood, whence 
sugar may be made, and the Wild Pear. Elms are very 
numerous. All the fruit-trees common to the latitude, and ele- 
vation above sea, grow here, but the climate is not kindly to 
Peach trees. Apple trees are destroyed by a worm com- 
monly called the borer, and both Apple and Plum trees by the 
larvae of certain orders of insects. Mountain ash is found 
upon elevated places. 

Annexations. — New Ipswich Gore. — The incompatibility 
of the north line of New Ipswich with the south line of Slip- 
town, as laid down in their respective charters, occasioned 
(1754) considerable anxiety to people owning any part of the 
disputed territory between these lines. See Hist, of N. I., 
pp. 33-36. Mr. Kidder there makes the shape of it 
cuneiform, which certainly corresponds more to the meaning 
of the word gore. However, according to the careful measure- 
ments ofE. G. Cutter, Esq., it is found to have been more 
nearly a rectangle, the width being quite uniform, viz., 50 
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land, containing 375 acres, was finally adjudged to belong 
to Temple. 

Borland's Farm. — This tract of land, c< containing near 
400 acres," was annexed, to Temple, on the petition of 
Jonathan Avery, by an Act of the Legislature, January 9, 
1781. It was set forth in the petition, "that said, tract was 
not within the borders of any town; that the petitioners 
were trying to make improvements on said land ; that there 
was no road from any town to the same; that it could more 
conveniently belong to Temple than any other town," &c. &c. 
William H. Howard states that Borland was a Tory, and. 
resided, in Boston ; and that at the Battle of Bunker Hill he 
mounted on the roof of a house "to see" as he said, "the d — d 
rebels fall ! " Immediately the railing broke ; Borland fell to 
the street, and was taken up dead. 

Peterboro Addition. — By Act of Legislature, January 
29, 1789, and by the consent of both Peterboro and Temple, 
about 600 acres were disjoined from the east of Peterboro, 
and. annexed to Temple. The physical propriety of this land's 
belonging to Temple rather than Peterboro, seems to have 
been mutually recognized. 

Lyndeboro Addition. — On the petition of Benjamin Killam, 
Joseph Killam, John Kidder, Jr., Theodore Barker, Ebenezer 
Stiles, Joseph Richardson and Samuel Killam, all of Lyndeboro, 
these persons, with their estates, (comprising more than 900 
acres,) were disannexed from Lyndeboro, and joined with 
Temple, by Act of Legislature, June 10, 1796. The above- 
named gentlemen, in a letter to the selectmen of Temple, in 
1794, state a physical reason for the disunion. 

"Nature seems to show that she designed these lots to be 
separate from said. Lyndeboro," &c. 

Sharon. — In 1841, an attempt was made to divide Sharon 
between the several towns around it. Our representatives 
were instructed to oppose it ; and Sharon remains undismem- 
bered. The Wilton addition was effected by the Act of 
Incorporation, in 1768. 

Cemeteries. — The old burying yard was laid out by 
Francis Blood, Deacon John Cragin, John Burnap and 
Peter Felt, in September, 17S6. It was voted this year to 
fence it; the building of the wall was " put up at vendue." 
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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



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15J, the northern 4f , and the eastern 14 rods 5 feet. March, 
1801. "Voted, Messrs. Gen. F. Blood, David Patterson, John 
Patten, Josiah Fiske and Caleb Maynard, a committee to join 
the selectmen, to consider the expediency of purchasing land 
for a burying yard or yards." May, 1801. "Voted, to purchase 
for a burying yard that plat of ground of Josiah Fiske, as 
staked out by the committee, containing two acres, at $20.00 
per acre." September, 1801. " Voted, that the selectmen pro- 
cure a convenient two-wheel carriage as soon as may be, for 
the use of the inhabitants on funeral occasions." David Stiles, 
Esq., states that, before they had a hearse, the bearers 
carried the bier on their shoulders ; and, if necessary, a 
distance of three or four miles. Deacon N. Wheeler remem- 
bers their taking off the top of a chaise on one occasion, thus 
converting the chaise to a hearse. In 1816, it was voted to 
have a hearse-house at the east (or new ) burying-yarcl. The 
first person buried in the new yard was Lydia Stevens, in 
1800. More than 500 have followed her to the same place. 

1854. "Voted, that the selectmen procure a suitable hearse 
for summer and winter." 

The soil of the new cemetery is well adapted to a growth 
of pines ; indeed, this tree predominates in all the vicinity. 
Our own fatuity may prevent it, but, once let in this handsome 
cone-bearer to our now cheerless graveyard, and he will 
shortly turn it to a place of some felicity. Ask any poet 
what sound of all in the world subdues him to the sweetest 
melancholy, and, if he ever heard it, he will tell you, " The 
sound which the wind makes, sighing through a grove of 
pines." 

"Oh, the little birds sang east and the little birds sang west, — 
Toll sloioly ; 

And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed around 
Our incompleteness, — 
Bound our restlessness, His rest." 



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CHAPTER II. 

EARLY NOTICES AND PROPRIETARY HISTORY OP THE TERRITORY. 

Particular Grants of Land by the Council of Massachusetts — Tyng, Nelson, Alden, 
Bedgood, Auchmuty — The Masonians — Proprietors' Records — N. H. Regiment — 
Early Settlements. 

The Colony of Massachusetts, (or as it was then denomin- 
ated the " Colony of the Massachusetts," or the Massachusetts 
Bay,) in defiance of the Mason-Family-claims upon that terri- 
tory now comprised in the southern portion of New Hamp- 
shire, had granted whole townships to certain applicants, and 
even small sections to particular beneficiaries. From 1 735-40 
a fierce contest was waged between the respective colonies of 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, concerning the boundary 
liue between them. Francis Wilks and Richard Patridge 
were nearly all this time in London, as agents for Massachu- 
setts. To what extent these grants had been made, appears 
from a letter under date 1738, of " The Council" of Massa- 
chusetts, to Mr. Wilks, of which the following is an extract : 
" We have not insisted on these claims so much yet, because 
it is not so much to the merits of the cause as the inconven- 
iencies and mischiefs arising from a determination against us. 
What we intend is — the confusion and disturbance it will make 
in twenty or thirty towns, besides numberless partictdar grants." It 
is of these " particidar grants " that we now wish to speak. 

"In 1736, Edward Tyng, Temple Nelson, and Nathaniel 
Alden, all of Boston, petitioned the General Court 1 , on their 
own and the behalf of others, heirs of Col. Edward Tyng, 
John Nelson, Esq., and Capt. John Alden, all deceased, for 
some consideration, ' for the deceased's extraordinary services 
and sufferings, they having suffered a long and tedious captiv- 
ity in France, the said Col. Tyng lying in a dungeon there.' 
The court finally granted them 2100 acres of land, ' lying 
west of Salem Canada, and northerly of Ipswich new town- 
ship.' " 



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Jeffrey Bedgood, of Boston, Dec. 5, 1738, was granted 300 
acres of land, "lying adjoining on a township called New Ips- 
wich, beginning at the north-west corner." 1 Mr. Bedgoodwas 
ordered, in 1711, to go as pilot in the ship Adventure to 
London, and this was an after consideration, probably, for his 
services. 2 In August, 1739, Rob't Auchmuty had a grant of 
200 acres, " adjoining New Ipswich north line," bounded " west 
on Capt. Bedgood's farm." 3 Rob't Auchmuty was in 1741 
appointed agent to London, upon the Rhode Island and Mas- 
sachusetts boundaries. 4 

Such were three of those "numberless particular grants," 
referred to in this letter. It is doubtful whether all the land 
granted to Tyng, Nelson, and Alden, was within the limits of 
what is now Temple. The other probably was. 

We now turn to the Masonian proprietors. It is sufficiently 
well known (or at least the town histories of the neighbor- 
hood make it an available fact to every person,) that after 
more than a century of contention, (carried on by the colony 
of Massachusetts principally, on the one side, and a family by 
the name of Mason on the other,) one John Tufton Mason, a 
mariner, and sole heir of all that territory originally granted 
to Capt. John Mason, sold his inheritance in the year 1745, to 
the persons hereinafter named, in fifteen several shares, and 
for the sum of X1500. Theodore Atkinson bought three 
shares ; Mark H. Wentworth, two ; Richard Wibird, John 
Wentworth, George Jaffrey, Nath'l Meserve, Thomas Packer, 
Thomas Wallingford, Jotham Odiorne, Joshua Pierce, Sam'l 
Moore, and John Moffat, one share apiece. The words of 
the original grants to Mason describe an extent of sixty miles 
from the sea, on each side of the province, and a line to cross 
over from the end of one line of sixty miles to the end of the 
other. The " Masonian Proprietors" [the twelve men above 
mentioned] pleaded that this cross line should be a curve, 
because no other line would preserve the distance of sixty 
miles from the sea in every part of the western boundary." 5 As 
late as 1787, people who lived within that tract of land included 
within the curve line® and the straight one, were anxious lest 

1 " Surveyed 24th May, 1739. There is allowed in the above s d plan, fifteen acres 
for lagg of chane." Mass. Arch., vol. 46, pp. 93, 94. 

2 Mass. Archives. 

3 Mass. Arch., vol. 46, pp. 97, 98. 

4 Mass. Arch., vol. 20, p. 320. 

5 Belknap's Hist. N. H., vol. 1, p. 300. 

6 The half-moon which was included between the straight and the curved lines com- 
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theylmight be " disturbed in* their possessions," whereupon the 
Legislature, at June session, 1787, made an Act " to quiet all 
bona fide purchasers " of such lands. 

"After they had taken their first deed [1745] the Maso- 
nians began to grant townships, and continued granting them 
to petitioners, often without fees, and always without quit- 
rents. They quieted the proprietors of the towns on the 
western side of the Merrimack, which had been granted by 
Massachusetts before the establishment of the line, so that 
they went on peaceably with their settlements. The terms 
of their grants were that the grantees should, within a limited 
period, erect mills and meeting-houses, clear out roads, and 
settle ministers. In every township they reserved one right 
for the first settled minister, another for a parsonage, and a 
third for a school. They also reserved fifteen rights for 
themselves, and two for their attorneys ; all of which were to 
be free from taxes till sold or occupied." 1 

The Masonian Grant, or Charter of Sliptown (or Peterboro 
Slip) has unfortunately eluded all search. A mere change of 
names in the charter of Dublin, Mason, or New Ipswich, will 
realize to any person what the charter of Sliptown was. We 
present, instead, the records of two meetings of the Proprie- 
tors, at Portsmouth. 

Province of New Hampshire. 

Portsmouth, Nov. y e 23 d , 1750. 

Friday, five of y e clock afternoon, at the house of Ann Slayton. — 
The Proprietors met according to adjournment. Whereas, at a meeting 
of the Proprietors aforesaid, held on the 16th day of June 1749, Joseph 
Blanchard Esq. was authorized and empowered by the said Proprietors to 
grant all their Right, Title, Estate, Interest & Property in Sundry Tracts 
of Land lying within y e claim of said Proprietors, — Reference being had 
to said vote may fully appear, — and whereas the said Joseph Blanchard 
hath in behalf of said Proprietors granted all their Right, Title, Estate, 
Interest & Property in four Tracts of land viz. no one, no two, New 
Ipswich and Peterboro Slip, so called, within and being part of said 
Tracts of land mentioned in y e said vote referred to, Reservations excepted, 
and whereas there are eighteen shares reserved in each of said grants 
and inasmuch as the said Joseph Blanchard hath been at much trouble, 
cost and charge in managing, carrying on and effecting the said Business 
and whereas in each of the said Tracts of land so granted one of the 
said reserved shares is drawn by and entered to the said Joseph Blanch- 
ard, — Therefore, Yoted — That all the Right and Interest of said Pro- 
proprietors, of, in and to each of the said shares so drawn by and entered 



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To 



to the said Joseph Blanchard, shall be and hereby is granted unto him, 
the said Joseph Blanchard, to have and to hold the same unto him, the 
said Joseph Blanchard, his heirs & assigns in severalty, for his service in 
doing the aforesaid business : — A true Record, attest. 

Geo. Jafeeet Prop 8 Cl'k. 

" Province of New Hampshire. 

Portsmouth, March 28, 1754. 
"Thursday, five of the clock, afternoon, at the Dwelling house of Ann 
Slayton, Innholder, the Proprietors met according to adjournment. 
Voted : That all Right, Interest and Demand in that Tract of Land 
called Peterboro Slip which is not allotted, laid out and Returned as 
severed to Particular Persons, either Grantors or Grantees in said Town- 
ship, be and hereby is granted unto Joseph Blanchard Esq r his Heirs 
and Assigns. 

M A true Record, attest, Geo. Jaefeet Prop 3 CFk." 

For the campaign of 1760 against Canada, New Hampshire 
furnished a Regiment under command of Col. John GofTe of 
Derryfielcl, (now Manchester.) The Regiment comprised eight 
companies, ranging from 30 to 114 men each, and had, of 
officers and men, 769, all told. The Regiment had its rendez- 
vous at Litchfield, where it paraded for the first time, May 25, 
1760. It was to march across the country to " No. 4," (now 
Charlestown) and thence to Crown Point. The Regiment 
commenced its march for Monson (now Milford) on the 27th 
of May, but owing to a severe shower of rain, a portion of 
the companies was detained until the next day. The Regiment 
crossed the Merrimack by ferry and passed up the Souhegan. 
At Monson the following orders were issued : 

"Monson, May y e 29*h 1760. 
" Orders that there be immediately detached out of the N. H. Reg* 1 
cap*, 2 Lieuts, 1 Engn & 150 privates to receive 150 axes & get them 
sharp and fit for service to clear the Road to Peterboro." 

' : Monson 29 th - May. 

" Cap* Tilton. — You are forthwith to march from this place with the 
party under your command, consisting of one ensign & 70 men with the 
tools you have rec' d & repair the road from here to No 2," (now Wil- 
ton) " where you are to remain till further orders. Observe to sharp & 
keep your tools fit for service." 

" Monson 29^ May 1760. 
"L* Gerrish : You are to receive 35 wood axes of the Q. master &get 
y m sharpened at this place & then immediately to march & assist Cap* 
Tilton in his clearing the road to Peterboro." 

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"Moxson 29^ May 1760. 

'* The whole Reg* march immediately." 

This road was cut up the North Branch of the Souhegan 
— through what is now Temple, and across the mountain to 
Peterboro, probably very nearly as the road is now travelled. 1 
For a notice of two roads, leading the one from Portsmouth, 
the other from Groton through Temple and other towns to 
Peterboro, the reader will consult a note to the oration on the 
4th page of this book. 

" Temple settled fast after the year 1762: the settlers 
came trom Hollis, Shrewsbury, Acton, Townsend, and other 
places. Many of them were poor 2 , their bread being bought 
with promises, which soon became less current, and obliged 
them to remove to other towns. Their removal was no dis- 
advantage, as their places were filled by industrious and enter- 
prising farmers." 

1 For this account I am indebted to Judge C. E. Potter. 

2 Daniel Heald, MSS. 



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CHAPTER III. 

INCORPORATION. 

Major Ephraim Heald and Capt. Francis Blood procure the Charter of Incorporation 
— Charter — 'Town named after Sir John Temple — Some account of that personage. 

Oct. 28, 1768 — « V. to allow Capt. Ephraim Heald Sev- 
en Pounds Four Shillings, L. M. ; for 23 days time & expense 
in procuring the Incorporation, & for going to borrow money 
for the town & allowed him, the said Heald, nine pounds 
five shillings and five pence like money which he paid for the 
Incorporation. Y. to pay Francis Blood Three Pounds lawful 
money for going to Portsmouth last spring, towards procuring 
the Incorporation & other service which he did towards 
procuring the Incorporation." The original charter is pre- 
served : it is "fairly writ, 11 even handsomely ; some words and 
names are in red ink, others in gilt. 

Province op New Hampshire. 

" L. S. — Q-eorge the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, 
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. 

" To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting : — Whereas our 
Loyal Subjects, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our Province of 
New Hampshire Known by the name of Peterborough Slip, bounded 
as hereafter mentioned and containing Have humbly peti- 

tioned and requested us that they may be erected and incorporated into a 
Township and Enfranchised with the same privileges which other towns 
within our said Province by law have and enjoy. - And it appearing 
unto us to be conducive to the general good of our said Province as well as 
of the said inhabitants in particular by maintaining good order and En- 
couraging the culture of the land, that the same should be done. — Know 
ye, therefore, that we of our especial grace, certain Knowledge, & for 
the encouraging & promoting the good ends & purposes aforesaid, & 
with the advice of our trusty and well-beloved John Wentworth, Esq., 
our Governor and Commander in Chief, and of our Council for s d 
Province of New Hampshire, Have erected and ordained And by these 
Presents for Us our Heirs & Successors, Do will and ordain, That the 
Inhabitants of the Tract of Land aforesaid & others who shall inhabit 
and improve thereon hereafter, the same being butted & bounded as fol- 
lows, viz. Beginning at Peterborough S. E. corner, then running W. 
on said Peterborough Line, till it comes to a Beach Tree, marked, being 
the N. W. corner of the Lot No. 11, in the Eighth Range of Lots in the 



76 HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 

said Peterborough Slip, then running So. between the Eleventh & 
Twelfth Lots, on a line marked on the Pinnacle of the Mountains, till it 
comes to the N. W. Corner of the Lot 11 in the Sixth Range, still run- 
ning on the Pinnacle of the Mountains thro' the Lots 12 in the Sixth 
& Fifth Ranges, on a line marked to a Spruce Tree, being the N. W. 
Corner of the Lot 12 in the Fourth Range, still running on the Pinna- 
cle of the Mountains thro' the Lots 13 in the Fourth Range, & 14 and 
15 in the Third Range, on a line marked on the Pinnacle of the Moun- 
tains to a White Maple at the foot of the mountain called and known by 
the name of Moffat's Tree then running W. about 15 rods to the W. 
line of Lot 15, in the Second Range, then running So. on said Line to 
New Ipswich North Line, then running about E. on New Ipswich North 
Line to the S. E. Corner of said Peterborough Slip, still running E. on 
Wilton So. Line, the length of one Lot, then running No. between the 
Ninth & Tenth Ranges of Lots in said Wilton, including one Tier of 
Lots, to Lyndborough So. Line, then running W. on Wilton No. Line 
and Peterborough Slip No. Line to Peterborough E. Line. Then run- 
ning So. on that Line to the S. E. corner first mentioned. Be and they 
hereby are declared to be a Town Corporate, and are hereby erected and 
incorporated into a Body Politic and Corporate For Ever, by the name of 
Temple, with all the Powers & Authorities, Privileges, Immunities & 
Franchises which any other Towns in said Province by Law have and en- 
joy to the said Inhabitants or who shall hereafter inhabit there & their 
successors forever ; Always reserving to Us, Our Heirs & Successors, All 
White Pine Trees which are or shall be found growing and being on the 
said Tract of Land fit for the use of our Royal Navy, preserving also un- 
to us, our Heirs and successors, the power and right of dividing the said 
Town when it shall appear necessary and convenient for the Inhabitants 
thereof. Provided, nevertheless, And it is hereby declared that this 
Charter and Grant is not intended nor shall in manner be construed to 
Extend to or affect private Property of the Soil within the Limits aforesaid. 
And as the several Towns within our said Province are by Laws thereof 
enabled and authorized to assemble and by the majority of the Voters 
present to choose all such officers and transact such affairs as in the said 
Laws are declared, & we do by these Presents npminate and appoint 
Ephraim Heald, Gentf 1 , to call the First Meeting of said Inhabi- 
tants to be held within the said Town at any time within Forty days 
from the date hereof, giving legal Notice of the time and design of hold- 
ing such meeting, after which the annual meeting of said Town shall be 
held for the choice of the said Officers, and the purposes aforesaid on the 
First Monday in March annually. In Testimony whereof we have caused 
the Public Seal of Our Said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness, 
John Wentworth Esq. , our aforesaid Governor, the Twenty Sixth Day 
of August in the Eighth year of Our Reign Annoque Dom* 1768. 

J. WENTWORTH. 

By His Excellency's Command (with advice of Council.) 

T. Atkinson, jr., (Sec'y.) 

Province of New Hampshire, Sec'y's Office. Recorded in the Book 
for Recording Charters of Incorporation, p a 305, 306. 

Attest, T. Atkinson, jr., (Sec'y.) 



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The Town was named after Sir John Temple, who was 
Lieut. Governor, and hence Second Personage in the Province 
that year. Sir John " was a Boston boy, born at Noddle's Isl- 
and, now East Boston, of parents who had long resided in this 
country." He afterwards became eighth English baronet of 
the name, and also a baronet of Nova Scotia. His family 
dates to Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and husband of the famous 
Countess Go diva, (whom Tennyson celebrates in his poem of 
that title,) or to the close of Century A. C. the 10th. Sir 
John was a decided Whig, and on that account lost his office 
of Surveyor General of Customs in England, in the year 1774. 
Any person desiring to know more concerning him, may con- 
sult Sumner's History of East Boston, pp. 184, 5, 6 ; S. C. 
Avery's Life of Gov. Sullivan; E. C. Winthrop's Address, 
Sept. 5, 1849, before the Maine Historical Society, pp. 34-38. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

First Town Meeting — Taxes — "Warning out of Town " — Liquor Excise, Licenses — 
Sports, Gaines, etc. — Town Meetings — Town's Land — Tythingnien — Mails, Post- 
office — Population — Mode of keeping Time. 

Lady Loquitur : — " What men, unless they have their mves with them, can find to- 
talk about, 1 can't think; — no good, of course'." 

Douglass Jerrold. 

ff Province of New Hampshire. 

Whereas the Governor & Council of this Province on the 26th of 
August last did Incorporate into a Town the Easterly Part of Peterboro 
Slip & one tier of Lotts of the West End of Wilton by the name of Tem- 
ple and did appoint me to call the First Meeting of the Inhabitants of 
s d Town, within Forty Days — 

These are to give notice To all the votable Inhabitants of Temple afore- 
said, That they assemble at the House of Zedekiah Drury, Gent n , in 
said Town on Monday y e 26th day of September current at nine of the 
clock in the Forenoon : — To choose a Town Clerk, Selectmen & other 
necessary Town Officers for this present year. 
Temple, Sept. y e 7 th day, 1768. 

Ephraim Heald (& seal.) 

Sept. y e 26 th , 1768.— The Inhabitants of the Town of Temple afore- 
said, Being met at Time and Place to act on the foregoing warrant, and 
Capt. Ephraim Heald being absent, at the Request of more than one half 
of the Inhabitants of the Town, I opened the meeting and called for their 
votes for a Moderator. They chose John Marshall, Moderator, and Francis 
Blood Town Clerk, and adjourned the meeting to the tenth day of Oct. 
next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, to the House of Zedekiah 
Drury in said Town. 

Temple, October 10, 176S. — The Inhabitants met according to the 
adjournment and opened the meeting. The Clerk was sworn by Reuben 
Kidder Esq and then chose Capt. Eph m . Heald First Selectman, Mr. 
Joshua Todd Second Selectman, and Francis Blood Third Selectman. 
Then chose the Selectmen Assessors. Chose Mr. John 3Iarshal!, Town 
Treasurer for this present year. Chose Gershom Drury Constable and 
Collector for this year. Then chose Mr. Joshua Todd, Oliver Heald 
and John Heald Surveyors on the Roads in s d Town, for this present 



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year, and dismissed the meeting. The Selectmen and all the other officers 
aforesaid were immediately sworn to the faithful discharge of their Trusts 
respectively before Esq. Kidder. 

Francis Blood, Town Clerk. 
John Marshall, Moderator. 

Taxes.— Oct. 28, 1768, "Y. to purchase a Book for Records." 
Feb. 17, 1769, " Y. 13 sh. 4 p. to Francis Blood for this book." 
Oct. 28, 1768, "Y. £25 L. M. to defray necessary Town 
charges." Dec. 19, "Ye Town assessed 7 p cl 5s. & 2 p. ha' 
penny L. M. to the province, to be paid to George Jaffrey, 
Treas r ., y e 25 th of Feb. then next." 

This Province-tax corresponded to the now State-tax, 
and was of course paid as such while the " Province " 
lasted. Feb. 17, 1769, (warrant) " To see if the Town will 
petition for a Land-Tax," — negatived. Nov. 27, "Y. to 
petition for an Act according to the article," " To see if the 
Town will petition the General Court for an act to ena- 
ble the Constable to gather the Rates on the West side 
of the mountain?" The Constables were for many years the 
Collectors of Taxes. Capt. Gershom Drury was the first: 
the others appear hereafter in a table. No pay was given 
this functionary for several years. Joshua Todd in 1778 spat 
upon Constabulary honors — p. 46 T. R, " Chose Mr. Joshua 
Todd Constable, who immediately paid a fine of £3." The 
first recorded Tax-list is for 1774. Of one hundred and six 
tax-payers, Maj r . Heald was the largest. March 6, 1775, "Y. 
to allow y e old Selectmen 6s. each per year L. M." " Y. to 
allow y e Selectmen this year 12s. each." The Selectmen, it 
may be hardly necessary to say, were assessors. It seems to 
have been common to discharge A, B ; and C, from paying the 
whole or a part of their rates, in consideration of particular 
services. As, "Dec. 13, 1769, discharged Peter Heald on his 
rates for two gallons of rum and for his horse to Boston 
15s. 4d." u Discharged David Spafford on his rates for going 
after Mr. Webster last summer 13s. 4d." May 22, 1776, 
" Y. not to answer y e request of Joseph Gibbs in y e abatement 
of his minister tax for y e future/' !! March 1, 1779, " Y. 
that y e Buildings shall be rated in v e several assessments y e 
present year." May 20, 1782, " Y. y 4 all y e old Constables 
before Constable Powars, be sued at July Court for y e rear- 
age taxes still in their hands." Constable Powars must have 
dated back of the incorporation, as his name does not occur 
subsequently. May 30, 1791, " Y. to hire a Collector for y c 
future, Y. that y e office of Collector be put immediately to 



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y 8 Lowest Bidder, he giving security to y e acceptance of y e 
Town, including y e office of Constable if he chooses. Bid off 
by Capt. Drury 1 at £3 18. L. M., but he not procuring a 
Bondsman, the office revolved upon W m . Drury for y e same 
sum." May 3, 1793, " Y. to receive the supposed counterfeit 
Dollars at y e hand of Dea. Jn°. Cragin " [Town Treas 1 , 1792] 
" & pay him two dollars current monies in lieu of them." 
This is not the first time counterfeit dollars have been made 
good by the town ; it evinces the social probity of the period. 
A Town "order" of 1791, as well as many similar ones of a 
later date, exemplifies the same virtue : 

" Dea Jn° Cragin, Town Treas r . Pay Eph m Brown 3s an abatement 
on his tax in y e year 1790 for an ox that died, &c. It shall be allowed. 

S. Howard, ^ 

B. Cragin, > Selectmen. 

E. Edwards, ) 

Temple, Xov. 25, 1791. 

1837, "Y. that the Collector of taxes be appointed in the 
same manner & give Bonds, &c. as has been the custom since 
the year 1834, i.e., that it be put up to the lowest bidder & 
struck off, & that the Town then choose by ballot one out 
of three or four of the lower bidders for the Collector." 
Since 1845 the Selectmen have appointed the Collector and 
fixed the amount of compensation. Li 1858 the town voted 
" that all persons who shall pay their taxes on or before the 
first day of September shall be entitled to five per cent dis- 
count : from that time till the loth of November, three per 
cent." "Auditors" were first appointed in 1827 : previously, 
the Treasurer's accounts were reported on by committees. 

The Yotes which I have here quoted, relate for the most 
part to the town-taxation generally. More specific data are 
set forth in the chapters upon Ecclesiastical Matters, Educa- 
tion, the Revolution, and the Highway. The amount appro- 
priated for "Toicn-charges" (which term includes all moneys 
paid to Town Officers, the Tax Collector, for the support of 
Paupers, &c, &c.) has greatly varied. In 1770 the appro- 
priation was £13 6. 8.; 17 8 0, X12 00 2 ( " to purchase Beef 
and defray Town-charges ") ; 1790, £20; 1800, $150; 1810, 
$400; 1820, $300; 1830, $300; and from 1825-55 it has 
been an average of $390, the smallest appropriations being 
for the years 1831, '2, '3, '4, viz., $100; the largest for the 
years 1841 and '42, viz., $800. 



1 Capt. Gershom Drmy. 

2 The proper allowance for "depreciation" must be made. 



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81 



There must have been an inexhaustible energy in the people 
during the Revolution; for in addition to building a most 
expensive meeting-house, they had taxes of all conceivable 
kinds and denominations to pay. — -•'•'Province/' "County/' 
"Town," "Minister/' "Salt," " 5 months' soldiers," "Three 
Battalion," "Continental," "War," and "School" Taxes, and 
still kept a most extraordinary quota of men active in the 
war. Add to this the alarming perplexities continually 
encountered in the use of two or three different currencies, 
one of which was every moment of less value than at the pre- 
ceding, and lapsing swifty to become worth little more than 
the rotten paper on which, with all the hideousness of night- 
mare, it sat and brooded. 

Wabxixg out of Towx. — The practice of learning people 
out of town, and the occasion of it, are referred to in the oration. 
Nov. 27, 1769. (Warrant.) " To see if the Town will vote 
to warn out those that come in to reside, and admit no more 
as inhabitants." This article was referred to the Selectmen's 
discretion. In 1770 a similar article was negatived. March, 
1771, " Allowed Peter Heald one dollar for warning peo- 
ple out as constable." In 1789, Ens. B. Cutter was paid 
<£1. 5. 6. " for warning out 22 persons, and returning warrant," 
which shows the ordinary fees of the constable. April, 1792, 
"Y. That all persons coming to reside in town be warned 
out indiscriminately." People seem to have been very officious 
to notify the selectmen of any new comer. 

" D n- Samuel Howard, — Sir: I would inform you that 1 have 
hired Amos Brown for one year. He came to my house Feb. 3, 1795, 
from N. Ipswich. Please to take care that he is learned out of this 
Town in season, and you will oblige your friend and humble servant. 

Caleb Mayxard. 

Temple, Aug. 29, 1795." 

Whereupon, Samuel Howard orders the constable to do the 
business. To tabulate the names of those who were warned 
out, would use more space, we conceive, than many subjects of 
greater value, more especially as hardly one of the names has 
been familiar to the town. One hundred and seventy-five per- 
sons certainly, were served upon with this notice, during the 
years which intervened between 1772 and 1803. Twenty-five 
in 1795, and thirty-eight in 1803, were the largest yearly 
numbers. Notwithstanding the practice was abolished by law 
in 1796, it was still, so to speak, continued in the dead-letter 
11 



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way, seven or eight years later, doing about as much good as 
hurt. 1 

Paupers. — Whether Joseph Patterson, imprisoned for debt 
at the suit of John Sprague of Lancaster, Mass., in 1774-5, 
was a pauper or not, X am unable to state ; probably not, as 
he is no doubt the same man who bought the Excise in 1773 
as Retailer, though indeed there is no record of his having 
paid any. 2 His name does not appear on the first tax-lists, 
viz.: of 1774 and '75, nor afterwards. 

Jonathan Stevens received town assistance in 1792. Jan. 
1793, an order runs, " Dea. Jn° Cragin, Town Treas r Pay to 
Capt. E. Edwards, 36s. L. M., for articles delivered Jon a Stevens 
for three months, agreeably to a special order of a Court of 
Justices 3 for determining his support, &c. S. Howard, T. 
Clerk." 

" V. That Jon a Stevens and wife be put to the lowest bidder, 
and that Samuel Fletcher serve as vendue-master." Dr. Dur- 
kee bid them off for " ninety-nine dollars." Poor Jonathan was 
set up every year in this style, until 1803, certainly. He died 
soon after. In the same year, "V. That ye Selectmen take 
ye best method for Arthur Kirkwood's support, till measures 
may be taken to see where his lot may legally fall for his 
future support." No family was bad enough, we must believe, 
in Temple, to abuse such paupers as it engaged to keep, and 
even if bad enough, no doubt the perception of good policy 
would restrain it within the bounds of decency. As late as 
1816, " Sold at Vendue, Timothy Avery to Peter Avery for 38 
cents per week, for one year, he to pay doctring, nursing, &c." 
The selectmen were about this time (1812) made " Overseers 
of the Poor." There is little continuous record of the spe- 
cific outlays for paupers previous to 1837; from that date to 
1847, the average yearly expenditure was about $225. Since 
that period it has been much less, and in 1853 was only $89. 
In 1830, it was $291.28; in 1847, $289.22; in 1832, $60.71. 

Certain long-drawn accounts exist of Jonathan Stevens' 

supplies for 1794 — 5, and also of 's for later years. 

From these you may learn the habits of each individual. Jon- 
athan Stevens used three pounds of tobacco between May 12 
and Aug. 28, 1794, when he was supplied with another pound. 

1 Esq. Stiles. 

2 See " Liquor Excise," p 83. 

3 It was according to the law that when a dispute arose concerning the proper res- 
idence of a man, it should be left to " three Justices," one of whom should he a Justice 
of the Quorum. About 1805, this matter was taken from three Justices and decided 
by the Court of Common Pleas. A dispute of this kind arose between Temple and 
Mason, concerning Jonathan Stevens. — David Stiles, Esq. 



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on the other hand was a wonderful tea, brandy, rum and 

wine bibber. Both of these fared rather like pensioners than 
paupers. As before remarked, a lawsuit hung over Jonathan 
Stevens in 1790-2, but the details are uninteresting-. Indeed, 
the same is true of all suits, few, in sooth, from this to the 
" Goodale suit," in 1854, which cost the town $341.46. 

Liquor Excise. 1 Licenses, etc. — Artemas Maynard was 
a retailer of spirit in Temple in 1769, and Esq. Kidder, of 
New Ipswich, became responsible for his excise. Judge 
Blodget collected the excise for 1770-1-2-3. The excise 
year commenced with November. The excise of Taverners 
included the privilege of " entertaining man and beast," as 
well as selling spirit, and was higher than that of the Retailer. 
While the Taverner paid two pence, three farthings, excise to 
the Governor for every gallon sold, the Retailer paid but two 
pence. In the years 1770-1-2-3, the Taverners and Retail- 
ers, and the amount of excise paid by them, stood thus : 



TAVERNERS. 



1770 


— Peter Heald 


XI 


6 


7 


1771 


— Francis Blood 


1 








1771 


— Peter Heald 





18 


2 


1772 


— Thomas Drury - 





12 





1772 


— Peter Heald 


1 


19 


6 


1773 


— Francis Blood 


1 


3 


10 




RETAILERS. 








1770- 


-73 —Francis Blood 


1 


1 


1 


1771- 


-73 — Zedekiah Drury 





17 





1772, 


73 — Zedekiah Drury - 





6 





1772, 


73 — Joseph Patterson - 









" The amount p d was whatever was agreed upon betwixt 
the seller and the Excise-Master," and in nowise shows the 
amount sold. The Excise-Master bought the Excise of the 
government for the entire province, and then farmed it out to 
the Taverners and Retailers in each town upon the best terms 
he could make. 

"We extract from the table of prices affixed to nearly all 
merchantable articles daring the year 1777. It was drawn 
up by Nath'l Ball, Zech. Emery, Aaron Felt, Ephm. Brown, Benj. 
Cragin, Francis Blood, and Capt. Gershom Drury, a committee : 
« A Mug of flip with half a Pint of West India Rum in it, Is. 2d. ; 
a Mug of Toddy, ye same price, and lOd. for half a pint of West 

1 For this account of the early " Excise » I am indebted to a MS. of Judge C. E. 
Potter-. 



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India Rum." " A mug of flip with half a pint of N. E. Rum, 
lOd. ; Toddy, the same price. And for half a pint of N. E. 
Rum 7d., and other measures in proportion according to for- 
mer customs." "A good meal of fresh meat Is. 2d. ; a good 
meal of common victuals, Is. ; a breakfast with chocolate or 
coffee, with a toast or meat or both, Is. ; a meal of bread and 
milk, 5d." 

"Landlord Wheeler "in 1780, and "Landlord Felt" in 
1781, are spoken of. The most prominent retailers in subse- 
quent years were Col. Abijah Wheeler, 1793-1801; Artemas 
Wheeler, 1795-1812; Capt. Ebenezer Edwards, 1792-1812; 
Simon Farrar, 1796-1830: Levi Adams, 1796-1828; "Blood 
& Elliott," 1832-1838. The following are specimen-licenses : 

" We approve of and give license to Artemas Wheeler to retail and 
mix spirituous liquors at the store of Skinner & Hurd, lately occupied by 
William Appleton. 

Daniel Searle, ) Q i 
Sept, 30, 1806. Wm. Howard, ) Selectmei1 - 

" This may certify that we do approve and give license to Mr. Levi 
Adams to sell mix'd liquors on the parade, near Gen. Miller's on the 
2d day 1 of Oct. next. 

Given under our hands the 17th day of September, 1823. 

David Stiles, ) a , . c ^ 

x> r Selectmen ot lemple. 

-CRANCIS .DLOOD, j 1 

In 1845, a resolve was introduced to town-meeting, by Wm. 
H. Howard, to the effect that no " License for the sale of in- 
toxicating liquor should be granted by the Selectmen that 
year." It was indefinitely postponed by the vote, yeas 58, 
nays 45. 

In 1848, upon the question, "Is it expedient that a law be 
enacted by the General Court for prohibiting the sale of wine 
or spirituous liquors, except for chemical, medicinal, or me- 
chanical purposes ? " Yeas 41, nays 47. 

In 1855, Walter Follett and Adam R. Searle were request- 
ed " to keep at their houses the best qualities of New England 
rum, alcohol, brandy, gin, and wine, agreeable to an Act passed 
by the Legislature in July " of that year. They were to sell 
" at a cost of 25 per cent, over and above the cost of the 
spirits." They received a certain compensation, about $8 each. 

Besides liquor-licenses, were show-licenses. Mr. Edwards 
in his Diary of 1803, speaks of an " Exhibition at Wheeler's 
Hall, Oct y e 17 th ," the nature of which he does not specify. 



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In 1829, Benj a Rees, Jon a Wallace, and John Moon severally 
paid $4.00 apiece " for exhibiting Shows," one a Puppet-show, 
one a Magic-Lantern, and the other, be it remembered, a 
steam engine, as we may suppose, in miniature. This item of 
show-licenses may be of value one hundred years from now. 

Sports, Games, etc. — Possibly Rob't Hewes here exercised, 
upon occasion, that afterward renowned sword-practice of his. 
This is purely conjectural. Wrestling was kept up from an 
early date to within twenty years. Earle Searle, G. W. 
Hawkins, and Abel Blood were among the best-knit, well- 
wrestling bodies. Will. Howard chose to practise in silk 
stockings. Gen. Miller's sons early became acquainted with the 
manly art, and initiated the boys at school. "All Fours " and 
other exhilarating but less healthful games, occupied winter 
evenings and leisure hours. 

"Feb. y e 5 th 1805. Extreme cold & windy from N. W. 
Blindman's Buff." "May y e 17 th 1805. Steady rain from y e 
N. E. Little done. Quoits & coppers the order of the day." 1 

The German game of euchre has usurped the game of " All 
Fours," but, in general, there is not nearly as much gaming in 
this sort, as there was twenty years ago. People read more 
and play less. 

Town Meetings. — The first town meeting [Sept. 26, 1768] 
was held at the house of Capt. Zedekiah Drury ; also the 2d, 
4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th : the 3d and 5th at the house of John 
Heald; the 9th [Jan. 17, 1770] at Thomas Drury's; the 10th 
at the " meeting-house, " where they were afterward held for 
nearly eighty years in succession. 

Sept. 20, 1784. " Y. to provide a box to set up warrants 
& notifications," probably like the old "publishment-box." 
May 15, 1826. " Y. to abolish the May Meeting for the 
Future & that all the business be done in March." In 1843, 
it was in the warrant " To meet at the old meeting-house." 
1814, (warrant) " To see if the Town will raise money to build 
a Town House or do anything in relation thereto?" This 
art. was indefinitely postponed. The Town met at the old 
meeting-house, until 1848. This year they met at " George 
Whiting's Hall." From 1849-55 at " Elias Colburn's Hall." 
From 1855-58, at « Rufus S. Winn's Hall." In 1858, at the 
Hall of David McClure. These men, at different periods, 
owned the same establishment. The historian will be par- 
doned for remarking that after waiting ninety years for a 

1 Edwards' Diary. 



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Town House, it is high time there was one, and a good one, 
too. When this edifice shall be erected, let the " Town- 
Trunk," so favorably spoken of in the chapter of the Revolu- 
tion, in this history, (and purchased by Dea. N. Wheeler in 
1821, for $3.25,) be placed in some fire-proof niche, and reli- 
giously preserved, with all its contents, for the benefit of 
future generations. Let every man who keeps a journal, day 
by day, copy the same at the close of every year, and deposit 
here for safe transmission. Let every man who owns a ther- 
mometer, here enclose the important chronicles thereof ; and 
when the winds, and storms, and fires have passed, let these 
records tell to the next century, that here, at least, is some- 
thing which they have not destroyed. 

Town's Land. — May 4, 1797. " Your committee report 
that after viewing the White pine timber blown down on the 
Town's land and advising with the then selectmen, we sold 
said white pines to Benj a Oragin, Esq r , for $26.00, &c, &c." 

Elias Colburn, 
Abtjah Wheeler, 
Francis Blood. 

It was at this time that a certain individual (name not 
recalled) who lived near the town land, having discovered that 
a large number of white-pine trees were blown down by a 
late hurricane, overweened that by going to, the selectmen 
and making an offer 11 for what wood was blown down upon the 
Town's Land" he should secure an extraordinary bargain. 
The upshot was, that the selectmen were not so easily duped, 
and the fair-seemer had his labor for his pains. 

Nov., 1816. "V. that the comm ee call the trespassers to 
account for cutting the Birch and Oak tree on the Town's 
land & compell them to make satisfaction." March, 1817. 
" V. also, to forgive the trespassers for cutting wood on the 

Town's Land, viz. : & , on condition that they will 

go and sin no more." May, 1816. "V. to sell the Lots of 
Land on the mountain belonging to the Town & that Elisha 
Child, David Stiles, & Caleb Maynard be a comm ee to assist the 
Selectmen in surveying, &c." At this time 179J acres were 
sold for the sum total of $1013.06. May, 1826. " The comm ee 
on Town's Land report verbally that it would be beneficial to 
the Town to sell 80 or 90 trees that are not growing better & 
that they have marked the same." In April, 1832, six pieces 
of town woodland, and three pieces of town pasture-land were 
sold for an aggregate of $1558.35. 



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Tythingmen. • — The office of the tythingman might be 
styled municipo-ecclesiastical. Tythingmen were elected by 
the town, generally, two per annum, and their business was 
to secure order in meeting 1 on Lord's day, (which then 
commenced, by custom, at 4 o'clock, P. M., on Saturday, and 
ended at the same time on Sunday,) and exercise, indeed, a 
general supervision of the affairs of men during such a period. 
In 1815, a convention was held of several towns in the 
neighborhood, to take into consideration " the growing evil 
of travel upon the Sabbath day." It was urged that more 
tythingmen be elected, and that they exercise a greater 
vigilance than ever. Accordingly, in 1816, it was proposed 
in town meeting to have seven in number. People opposed, 
and some were for having none at all. Finally, the contend- 
ing parties came to an agreement upon two, 2 when some one, 
sinistrously and askance, proposed two more, viz., Stephen 
Brown and Ephraim Blood, who, it was no doubt thought by 
the nominator, and indeed rightly, would make themselves 
about as useless in performing all the duties of the office as 
possible. This was soon evident. A traveller stayed at 
Benjamin Whiting's residence (and a most hospitable one it 
was) one Saturday night this year, and in the morning 
exressed great anxiety to pursue his journey on Sunday. Mr. 
Whiting, who was always on hand for a practical joke, sym- 
pathized with him very cordially, but assured him, with a 
mock-melancholy look, that there was a very vigilant and 
austere tythingman on his road, and only a mile above ; but, 
at the same time, consoled him with the reflection that if he 
could only pass that tythingman, he might, most probably, 
pursue the rest of his journey unmolested. The traveller set 
out with a heavy wagon and a heavy heart. He had pro- 
ceeded little over a mile, and had almost begun to flatter 
himself that he was safe, when, to his consternation, a man, 
answering exactly to Mr. Whiting's description, stood directly 
in his path. Mr. Blood, for he was the tythingman, soon 
quieted the stranger, whose protestations, of all sorts, had 
already become ridiculous, with a hearty laugh, and an offer 
of his horse and oxen to help him on his journey. The 
stranger treated ; the joke was a good one, and everybody 
had to tell of this encounter with a u tidingman."* 



1 The tythingmen sat under the pulpit, or in the shadow of it, as one might say. 

2 The "Act " of Dec. 24, 1799, prescribed certainly two tythingmen. 

3 Sometimes so called, and also tidyman. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



Mail. Post Office, etc. — Ozias Silsbee first carried 
the mail from Keene to Portsmouth, taking Temple in his 
route. This was about 1788. 1 After him a Mr. Wright; 
then Phillips, Thayer, and, after the P. 0. was established in 
1812, one Abel Gibbs, twice a week. A certain "Blaisdell" 
tried it among others. Ail express business went by post. 
Poor Abel Gibbs fell from his last stasce of life most tra^i- 
cally. One melancholy day his horse backed off Peterboro 
bridge, turning to a pale horse, as one might say, when he 
reached the bottom. The first post office was kept at his 
house (now Francis Whiting's) by Benjamin Whiting, who 
continued to hold the office about thirty years. 

Popttlatiox. — A census, mostly decennial, is given in the 
annexed table. 



1775 


17S3 


1790 


1800 


1810 


1820 


1830 


1840 


1850 


491 


622 


747 


867 


911 


752 


647 


576 


579 



Since 1800, there has been a constant emigration of young; 
men. Dissatisfied with farm-life, and imbued, fifty years ago, 
with the enterprising spirit of to-day, the second and third 
generations from the first settlers, very numerously bade 
adieu to their early hearth-stones, and bravely sought fortune 
under other skies. There was so much segregation that 
there is hardly a State in the Union where our natives are 
not found. Whole bands of young men, in some cases, have 
gone together. "In or about the year 1790, some nine or 
ten families, of Baptists 2 mostly, of the south part of the 
Town, sold out their possessions, and removed to a new Town 
in New York, about 90 miles up the Mohawk, among whom 
were the names of Drury, Ball, Marshall, Emery, Brewer, 
Goodale, &c, where the other inhabitants were mostly Dutch 
people, who numbered far more than the English. *In a few 
years they got the town incorporated by the name of Lytch- 
field, and, the Dutch being illiterate, the Yankees were 
elected to all Town offices : but, after a while, they complained 
that they paid the most tax, and ought to hold more office, 
which was fair agreement. So all turned in and elected a 
full board of Dutch Selectmen, who took an invoice, and met 

l " 1769- Dec. 11. Allowed Ezekiel Jewet, for cash paid for transporting a letter to 
. Mr. Searle, 0£ 2s. 0d." T. E. 
2 MS. of David Stiles, Esq. 



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to make taxes. 'Well,' says one, 'let's begin with the 
Yankees. What shall Eb. Drury pay?' ' Oh, he is one 
clever man: he shall pay one tollar ! ' 'Nat Ball?' 'He 

sheat mine bruder Hans; he shall pay two tollar.' ' ? ' 

'He ish one tarn rascal; he shall pay four tollar.' And 
so on through the list; but none would pay his tax, and they 
had to hire the Yankees to make them over." It was 
owing to these and other emigrations, that, in 1799, the 
town lacked four voters of being able to send a Repre- 
sentative, according to the basis of representation, that 
year. 

There are two towns, Temple and Wilton, 1 in Maine, 
situated, with respect to each other, very much as the New 
Hampshire towns of the same names are, and largely settled 
from our borders. Many of our people settled in Dublin, 
N. H. ; others were pioneers in the town of Weston, Vt. 
Prattville, Ala., fine sketches of which are in this book, arose 
to the magic touch of one of those geniuses in finance, (which 
are as rare as poets,) the honor of whose birth belongs to 
this same colonizing town of ours. Boston and Lowell, 
Mass., Nashua and Manchester, N. H., all entertain large 
numbers, most wealthy and respectable, withal, of the chil- 
dren of Temple. 

There being no manufactures in town, there has conse- 
quently been no Irish, Dutch or other foreign accretion 
among us, and that often unhealthy swelling of population has 
thus been avoided. 

Benjamin Fitch is the tallest man that treads our soil 
to-day. We have heard of none taller among us in any past 
time. He says that he measures 6 feet 6 inches in the morn- 
ing, and weighs 212 lbs. His brother Daniel is 6 feet 4 
inches high, and weighs 226 lbs. Lot, Eli and Asa Fitch 
measure, in order diminishing, 8 feet 2 inches, 6 feet 1 inch, 
and 6 feet % inch. Lot weighs 175 lbs. This family of 
brothers, then, together measure 31 feet 1J inches. Benjamin, 
it is thought, is the tallest man in the County of Hillsboro. 

When the glass-house became a nucleus of settlement for 
the odds and ends of mankind in the region, three or four 
negro families moved in, it is said, from Boston, and, having 
distinguished themselves by having the small-pox, to the 
great terror of all the county, most of them soon died there, 



1 Deacon N. Wheeler. 

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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



and now rest in unmarked graves. "Old Jube," or Ju-be, as 
they called him (his full name was "Jube Savidge"), was about 
fifty years old, as he is remembered. He used to say, u When 
Jube go to Massa Manor's, (Maynard's) it 's 1 Wife, get some 
bread and cheese for Jube,' but when Jube go to Todd's, it 's 
all '•read Scrip.'' Scrip, no fill poor nigger's belly." 1 

Mode of keeping time. — Esq. Stiles can remember when 
(1786, or thereabout) there were but four time-pieces in 
town. 2 These were the old-fashioned box-clocks, which, 
together with the chimney, took up no small part of a house 
in those days. These were owned by Ezekiel Jewett, Gen. 
Blood, Lt. Oliver Whiting and Capt. Arch. Cummings. Most 
people used the hour-glass; all schoolmistresses had one; 
some of the masters carried those exaggerated watches of 
old time, which have since been converted into coin, spoons, 
forks and other articles, one watch furnishing metal enough 
for quite considerable business in any particular line of man- 
ufacture. Some people used sun-dials, and all had their 
"noon-marks." The old hour-glass was a very solemn-looking 
thing. The almanacs and tomb-stones often carried it; and 
what could make more melancholy, than the sober tale which 
the continuous-dropping sand was telling to the sick man or 
the watcher at his bed ? 

1 Jesse Spofford. 

2 1 have since received a MS. stating that Aaron Felt owned the first clock in town. 



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CHAPTER Y. 

HIGHWAYS. 

The First Surveyors — Early Practice of forcing Liquoron Travellers — Elevated Sites 
for Houses — Appropriations for Highways — Concerning Cattle going at large — 
Sheep Marks — Pound and Keeper — Field-driver (or Hay ward) and Hog-reeves. 

Oct. 13, 1768. It was in the warrant " To see if they can 
settle with the West End about Labour done on the Roads 
under the propriety." The west end was what is now Sharon, 
but then Peterboro Slip. The first surveyors chosen were 
Joshua Todd, Oliver Heald, and John Heald. Oct. 28, " V. 
that the surveyors take care of the Bridges and cut out wind- 
falls." 1 March 29, 1769. " V. that each man be allowed to 
work out his rate on notice from the surveyor between 
the middle of May and the middle of Sept. next, and that if 
any refuse to work he shall pay his rate to the surveyor in 
money." " 2 pistareens " or " three shillings," was the common 
price of a day's labor at this time. March 5, 1770. " Allowed 
David Spafford 16 shillings for building a Bridge over Put- 
nam's Brook." 2 

One gets an idea of " Life on the Highways " at this time 
from a certain " Act for better regulating Highways " which 
passed in 1774 as one of the " Temporary Laws of the Prov- 
ince of New Hampshire." " And whereas, a very unjustifiable 
practice hath prevailed in many places of persons when at 
work on highways, offering liquors to travellers and demand- 
ing money of them; For Prevention thereof, Be it further 
enacted by the authority aforesaid, — That all persons working on 
the highways that shall offer," &c, &c. — " shall be liable to the 
penalties inflicted by Law on persons for selling spirituous 
liquors without license." 

Between 1768 — 1794, sixty-two different roads were " ac- 
cepted " by the town; ten roads were discontinued; six 
turned, or altered in direction, and three Bridle-roads, com- 
monly obstructed by two or three gates, accepted. The lar- 
gest number accepted, viz., eleven, and the largest number dis- 
continued, viz., five, belonged to 1775. 

1 Trees blown across the road by the wind. 

2 First mention of a bridge. This is now called Whiting Brook. 



02 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



Since that time there has been less road-building, but more 
controversy concerning what have been built. At the first settle- 
ment of our hill-towns, people took pains to build their houses 
upon elevations, where water was good and air was sweet. 1 
This fact is well exemplified to one who visits the site of the 
Old Glass House. Here, on the eastern slope of the Kidder 
Mountain, no easy ascent, are the cellar-holes of a dozen houses, 
long since abandoned, carried off, or burned. The Todd road 
which runs thereby, is exceedingly steep, in some places almost 
terrific. When the woods were cut off, and the swamps cleared 
up, and the Lady Health walked as well the valleys as the 
hills, people built their houses farther down. Todd road was 
disused, and another was asked for on the line of the new 
houses which were lately built below. So it was all over 
town. Valley folks wanted a road, hill-folks dissented ; here 
the pull and the struggle originated, which has been kept up 
until to-day. 

"From 1710 — 1785, not less than £50, nor more £80 
L. M., per annum, was appropriated for highways: from 
1785 — 1800, not less than £100, nor more than £160 : from 
1800—1820, not less than $333.33, nor more than $500.00 ; 
from 1820—1856, uniformly $600.00. Since 1800 there 
have been extraordinary appropriations for building or re- 
pairing particular roads, &c, over and above the common 
statement, to the amount of $4,890.00. The greatest of 
these were one in 1840, of $1000.00 for building the Sharon 
Line road, and another in 1849 of $600 for keeping open 
roads in winter. Guide-posts are spoken of in 1795, 1799, 
1800. For the last fifty years the remunerative price of 
labor on the roads has been 10 cents an hour. As late as 
1827, however, an allowance is made by the town to a sur- 
veyor of $3.18 for " Rum, Sugar and Powder expended on new 
road," which shows that a man not only had 10 cents an 
hour, but 10 cents an hour and found, in the matter of 
beverage. 

In 1828, considerable damage was done to the roads, par- 
ticularly about " Mr. Barnes's Mills," by a flood. It cost 
$350 to make the necessary repairs. 

March, 1769. "V. that Hogs run at large this year." 

y 

1 The early settlers built their houses on the hills, I am told, for other reasons. One 
reason was to avoid the wild beasts, which roamed more in the swamps: another was 
that they might have the gladsome sight of each other's dwellings. Could, they now 
speak to us they might, after all, assert that their architectural motives were more 
aesthetic than aught else. Beauty will commonly be found the highest use. 



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The same vote passed nearly every year until 1798, when 
the clause "Under restriction of y e Laws" was annexed. 
1799. "V. that y e Swine shall not run at large the pres- 
ent year." In 1800, the vote of 1798 was renewed. In 
1805, the vote of 1799 was renewed. In 1824. " V. to 
prohibit cattle from going on common the present year from 
the 20th April to the 20th No vein." In 1825, "Y. that 
hogs, cattle, sheep and cows shall not run at large the 
present season on penalty of 50 cts. pr head, if found run- 
ning at large without a keeper." In 1828, "Y. not to 
pass any bye laws to prevent the Cattle and Sheep going at 
large on the highways." In 1790, " Y. that Rams be confined 
the months of Sept. & Oct." 

Every owner of sheep had his peculiar mark upon them. 
Daniel Searle made a slit in the under side of the right ear. 
Nathan Wheeler had a " crop off" on the right ear. 

May 21, 1770. No notice was taken of the article in the 
warrant — " To see if the Town will vote to build a pound." 
March 7, 1774. "Y. to build a Pound 35 feet sq. inside." 
"Y. to build s d Pound with stone six ft. high, with a log 
on y e top hew d on one side and locked in at y e corners ; 
four ft. thick at the bottom & two ft. thick at y e top ; a 
good gate, well hung; a good lock and key." Jacob Foster 
built this pound for £5, 9, 4, L. M. Capt. Zeclekiah Drury 
was the first Pound-keeper, being chosen in 1776. Timo. 
W. Smith was elected in 1829, and has continued in the dis- 
charge of this function until now, (1858.) There is no 
record of any being chosen in 1779, 84, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 90, 9, 
and 1831. The first Field-driver chosen was Joseph Burt; 
this was in 1824. In 1828 Hay wards 1 and Field-drivers are 
first mentioned; in 1831, Haywards or Field-drivers. There 
have been either one or two nominated every year since 
that time. Hog-reeves enjoy a similar office, and are, withal, 
quite ancient and respectable. Newly-married gentlemen are 
more frequently made to wear this honor. 

1 Hayward [from liaie, hedge, and ivard, hedgeward.] — Bid. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



CHAPTER VI. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 1775. 

Tcrwn Votes in 1772 and 1774 — Present of Rye to people in Boston — Francis Blood sent 
to Exeter — 19th of April — Rev. S. Webster sent to Exeter — Minute Men — Salt — 
Bunker's Hill — S. HoAvaixl carries Blankets to the Army— S. Webster's Letter to Jer- 
emy Belknap — An Entertaining Census — Eighteen " Six Weeks' Men " — Sam'l Moore 
of Peterboro sent to Exeter. 

" Have I three kingdoms and thou must need fly into my eye? " 

Ki^g James to the Fly. 

March, 1772. "V. to provide a town stock of powder and 
ball." 

June, 1774. "Y. to get a town-stock of powder, ball and 
flints." 

July, 1774. "Y. to send one person to Exeter." [Mr. 
Webster.] 

" Y. to raise XI. 4, 3, 1, L. M. contribution to bear ye 
expense of s d affair; which was immediately raised." 

These and other votes are an ominous preface to the war 
in 1775. 

Jan. 2, 1775. "Y. to administer some relief to y e Poor of 
y e town of Boston in some form or other." 

The following letter indicates in what form 1 : 

New Hampshire, Jan. 12, 1775. 
Gentlemen, — You will receive, we suppose, by the hearer, Mr. John 
Cragin of Temple, a small quantity of rye, about 40 bushels, from an 
infant settlement ; collected by a free and cheerful contribution from most 
of the inhabitants, in consequence of a previous recommendation by the 
town. 

Agreeable to the proposal of the town, we shall send it to you to be 
disposed of by you for the benefit of the poor of the town of Boston 
that have been reduced to straits by the unjust and cruel Port-Bill. We 
assure you that we heartily sympathize with you, and earnestly pray that 
as your day is, your strength may be. That you may be undaunted, 
faithful and wise, and by your steady, undisguised conduct, put to silence 
those that wait for your halting. That your enemies may be ashamed ; 
that your friends, at present as we suppose the friends of America and of 

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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



95 



justice, may be united both in good wishes for you and in just and kind 
conduct towards you ; and that God in his own wise and holy time and 
way may subdue the hearts, divert the designs, and effectually counteract 
the violence of your enemies, and soon restore you and us, America and 
Britain, to that security and peace .which we cannot but hope will, in 
issue, be more firmly established even by those very means which vain 
ambition uses to attain its own purposes. 

The little we do or can do for the mitigation of the evils you suffer, we 
consider rather as an act of justice than kindness, to those that are called 
by Providence to stand in the post of danger and suffer for their adher- 
ence to the common cause from the enemies of America, the being shut 
out from the usual channels from which they had been wont to derive a 
decent competence or increasing fortune. 

We are sensible that the same injustice which deprives you of your 
usual method of support by trade, because some tea was destroyed by 
somebody in your toivn, would as readily and on the same principles, 
deprive us in whose country the tea was destroyed, of the cheerful 
warmth of the sun and refreshing rain, till the tea was paid for, if this 
were equally in its power. It attacks you rather than us, because this 
they can do, in which for our caution and sympathy they express their 
ill-will and for our satisfaction their impotence. We rejoice in your 
general firmness hitherto, and would not forget to give thanks to a kind 
Providence, that, as we trust, you have been enabled to conduct with so 
much prudence. 

We are particularly pleased as you declare you are determined to be 
very open and exact in your accounts of what you receive, and how you 
employ it, as, with all your care, amazing pains is taken to propagate 
stories to the disadvantage of the committee and the town, the extensive 
and very fatal consequences of which nothing but the plainest facts can 
prevent. 

With hearty good wishes for your welfare and humbly commending 
you and ourselves, and the cause of America to Him that has hitherto 
so wonderfully defeated the secret plots 1 and open violence of our 
common enemies. We subscribe your friends, 

Ephraim Heald, 
Francis Blood, 
David Spafford, 
Sam'l Webster, 
Jno. Cragin, 

Committee of Correspondence and Inspection for Temple. 

1 " Dr. Franklin and Mr. Temple (Sir John) were, in the year 1774, upon one and 
the same day, and for one and the same cause, dismissed from the several employ- 
ments they held under the crown of Great Britain, expressly for their attachment to 
the American cause, and particularly for their having obtained and transmitted to the 
State of Massachusetts certain original letters and papers, which first discovered, with 
certainty, the perfidious plans then machinating against the freedom and happiness of 
the then Colonies, now United States, in North America. Mr. Temple, by such 
dismission, lost upwards of a thousand pounds sterling, per annum, besides several 
very honorary appointments under the crown."— Hon. Robert C. Winilirop. (Address.) 



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The reply is dated, 

Boston, Jan. 16, 1775. 

Gentlemen : — The committee for receiving Donations for the Town 
of Boston, acknowledge the receipt of your very generous bounty, viz. : 
Forty bushels of rye, by Mr. Cragin, and in behalf of said Town, return 
their hearty thanks to the inhabitants of the Town of Temple. 

We cannot but look on it as from Divine influence, that the hearts and 
hands of our brethren are so opened and so united in assisting this dis- 
tressed Town ; and we hope and believe there are many thanksgivings go- 
ing up to Him, who is the author of all good to his creatures, and hope 
you will be rewarded in temporal and spiritual blessings. Through this 
kindness of divine Providence, we hope we shall be enabled to persevere ; 
and must say it is truly remarkable, the quiet submission to Divine Prov- 
idence there seems to be in all the friends of the common cause, notwith- 
standing what our cruel taskmasters have laid on us : as we think it bet- 
ter to bear this heavy burden for a time, than to be slaves, and our poster- 
ity forever. As to the reflections cast on the Town and the committee by 
our enemies, I am glad your worthy pastor had an opportunity of seeing 
for himself, and so can assure the people of Temple, that fair and open ac- 
counts are kept of all we receive, and how it is distributed, and expressed 
great satisfaction in it, and doubt not he has satisfied you, and we look on 
this present as a token of it. 

I am, Gentlemen, in the name, and at the desire of the Committee, 

your hearty well-wisher, W. M. Whitbwbll, 

One of the Committee. 

To Messrs. Ephraim Heald, Francis Blood, David Spafford, Samuel Webster, and Jno. 
Cragin, Committee of Temple. 

Jan. 23. — " V. to send a person to join ye deputies of other 
towns to meet at Exeter." Capt. Francis Blood was chosen 
said deputy. 

" V. that the following instructions should be given." Here 
follow two pages of instructions relating mostly to the militia 
and forces of the Province. Mr. Blood is requested, more- 
over, to cast his votes in conformity with those of the General 
Congress at Philadelphia. The 7th article in the List is pecu- 
liar : ' That you endeavor that ye cannon taken sometime 
since, from Castle William & Mary, be properly secured for 
their original purpose, — ye Defence of ye Province.' 

"April ye 19th, 1775. — A most horrible scene opened.* The 
British Troops marched from Boston to Concord, — did con- 
siderable damages, and returned back at ye expense of many 
lives." 

Everybody is familiar with the story of this incursion. — 
Gen. Gage had ordered Major Pitcairn, with a few hundred 
regulars, to march with great expedition to Concord, for the 



1 Samuel Howard's Diary. 



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purpose of securing a deposit of military stores. So cleverly 
executed was this order, that although the news spread with 
almost preternatural rapidity, the British, nevertheless, had 
turned their backs on Concord some hours, before the fifty-six 
patriotic gentlemen mentioned below, arrived there." 1 



A LIST OF THOSE PERSONS WHO MARCHED FPtOM TEMPLE TO CAM- 
BRIDGE OX THE ALAEM OF THE 19TH OF APRIL, 1775. 



Days 
absent 



Days 
absent 



Days 
absent 



Jeremiah Andrews. 

Francis Blood , 

Ephm Brown 

Benj a . Byam 

Peter Brown 

Sam 1 Bredeen 

Seth Cobb 

Stephen Cobb 

J ohn Cragin 

Benj a . Cragin 

Gershom Drury 

Will m Drury 

Dani Drury 

( Zedekiah Drury. . . 
{ (part of y e way.) 
Zedekiah Drury, Jr. 

Ebenezer Drury 

Ab m Dinsmore, Jr.. . 
Zebediah Dinsmore. 

Zechariah Emery 

(John Everett 

( (part of y e way.) 



Robt Fletcher 

Joshua Poster 

Ezekiel Goodale 
Samuel Griffin 

$ Samuel Howard . . 

I (part of y e way.) 

Ephraim Heald 

Peter Heald 

Oliver Heald 

Joseph Heald 

j Ezekiel Jewett 

( (part of y e way.) 

Joseph Kidder 

Beuj a . Killam (?).... 

Andrew Law 

Farrar Miller 

Aaron Marshall 

| Will. Ma usur 

( (part of ye way.) 

John Matthews 

Aaron Oliver 

Eliot Powers 



14 
10 
14 
14 



11 
11' 

Gi- 
ll 



12 

xi 

14 

1 

13 

6* 



Stephen Parlin 

Joseph Richards 

John Stiles 

David Spafford 

Xathi Shattuck 

S. Rich d Stickney . . . 

Eben r Severance 

Benj a . Smith 

I Beuj a . Tenney 

I (part of y e way.) 
David Townsend . . . 
Samuel Webster ... . 

I Peter Wheeler .... 

( (part of y e way.) 
Archelaus Wilson. . . 

John Hillsgrove 

Josiah Stone 

( Ebenezer Cobb . . . 

I (part of y e way.) 

( Enos Goodale 

( (part of y e way.) 



13 

? 

14 

1 
? 

6J 



In all 56, who marched; 46 went to Cambridge. 

1 " An account of what has been done by the Town of Temple, and the respective 
individuals of that Town, since the present contest with Great Britain. Taken by 
the Selectmen, Committee and Officers of the Militia in the above town conjointly. 
This account is divided into Three Periods : 

1st, What was done before the 19th of April, 1775. 

2d, What was done on the alarm of the 19th April. 

3d, What has been done since. 

Capt. G. Drury, David Drury, Asa Severance, Capt. Emerson,(?) Col. Moore(?) 
Wheeler."(V) 

This document I found in that little Alexandria of treasured MSS. the Town Trunk. 
It was a fine morning in Nov., 1858, that the First Selectman, (E. G. C.) and myself, 
rode over to the Town Clerk's in order to explore this trunk, over which the " Cen- 
tennial " had passed, strange to say, without havoc. We found it in the attic, locked, 
the key sometime gone, the lock preposterously large, but by dint of a "wrenching 
iron," succeeded in the attempt to open it. The above mentioned paper was found 
among others. It purports to record what was done previous to the 19th of April, but 
if such was the intent of the authors, they probably did not carry it out. The note 
T. T. signifies that the fact or document referred to was found in the Town Trunk at 
this memorable search, and the words -'An account, etc." refer to the one mentioned 
in this note. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



April 25. The Town received a circular signed by J. Went- 
worth, chairman of a committee [" appointed by the late pro- 
vincial Convention to call another whenever the Exigency of 
public Affairs might require it,"] advising another convention 
at Exeter on the 17th of May. 

May 15. " V. to send the Rev d Mr. Webster as delegate. 

" V. to send Mr. Jn° Cragio, Jr. if Mr. Webster cannot attend. 
" V. to iropower either of y e above committee or Deputies to 
adopt, pursue, and restore y e rights of this and y e other 
Colonies. 

" V. to inlist 12 men to march immediately at y e rate of Two 

Pounds p r . month. 
" Y. to raise 15 or 20 men to stand at a minute's warning, and 

to pay them at y e rate of one shill. p r Half day, training 

one half day in a week, omitting six weeks in hay-time 

& six weeks in y e winter season." 
June. " Y. that y e constable be impowered to collect rates as usual, 

omitting his MAJESTY'S 1 name in warrants." 
June 3. "V. that the Selectmen purchase 25 Hogsheads of Salt for a 

Town Stock, and give security." 

Much suffering in the old French War, for want of salt, 
taught the people this precautionary measure. 2 Lieut. Drury, 
John Heald and Stephen Parlen, were appointed a committee 
to take care of the salt, and " £25, old ten." was paid " p r Load 
for Eight teams." 

June 8. The following receipt shows that the people were 
not inattentive to the wants of their soldiers, who remained 
at Cambridge : — 

"Rec d . of Sam 1 Howard & Bob*. Fletcher in behalf of f Town of 
Temple one blanket at y e rate of 8 shillings (L. Money.) 

I say received by me, his 

Arthur x Kirkwood. 3 
mark. 

Temple, June S«i, 1775." 

Arthur was one of the "Nineteen" who enlisted in the 
"Eight Mouths' service at Cambridge, after the 19th of 
April," 4 "all of whom returned but Timothy Avery, who died 
in the service." 4 

1 T. E. The -word majesty is written by the Town Clerk in very exaggerated capitals. 

2 Fred. Kidder. 

3 This Arthur Kirkwood, of the romantic name, could n't write it; which fact, how- 
ever, according to Jack Cade, only goes to show that Arthur was an " honest, plain- 
dealing man," and no traitor. 

4 " An account," etc. See note on p. 97. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



99 



Jeremiah Andrews, 
Timothy Avery, 
Samuel Bredeen, 
Peter Brown, 
Abr ra Dinsmore, 
Zecheriah Emery, 

("By Mr. Jona Stevens,") 



Sam 1 Griffin, 
John Hillsgrove, 
Sam 1 Hutchins, 
Wilder Kidder, 
John Matthews, 
Aaron Oliver, 
Benj a Smith, 



Eben r Severance, 
John Temple, 1 
Arthur Kirkwood, 
Farrar Miller, 
Josiah Stone, 
Thomas Patterson. 



The MS. leaves it uncertain whether "Aaron Felt" enlisted 
in this service ; if he did, Temple probably had twenty men 
in the Battle of Bunker's Hill. 2 These men fought in " Capt. 
Towne's Company, Col. J. Reed's Reg 1 ." The History of 
New Ipswich contains a very minute and quite glowing detail 
of the exploits of this company, which it is useless to 
repeat here. The historian makes a mistake, however, in his 
general statement. "Most of these," [" 65, rank & file,"] he 
says, " were citizens of New Ipswich, only ten being from Peter- 
boro and a few from Mason," — overlooking all of nineteen 
solid men of Temple. Granting Peterboro ten and Mason as 
many more, there would then remain as the New Ipswich 
quota only 26, which is probably under the true statement. 
One of the Sergeants certainly (Sam'l Bredeen) and the ani- 
mating Jifer, (Wilder Kidder) belonged to Temple. 

Ten days after the battle there came a new supply of 
blankets to the Temple soldiers. 

" I went to y e army y e 27th June, 1775, to carry blankets & 
went over to Maiden & returned home y e 1st of July." 3 

Disease, not less than powder-and-ball, destroys men in 
camp, and it may have been owing to these blankets that all 
but one of the il nineteen " returned safely home. 

Our distinguished pastor was meantime doing good service 
as a member of the " 2d Convention," and the Committee of 
Safety at Exeter. He writes to his class-mate, Jeremy 
Belknap, under date of 

Exeter, July 6, 1775.4 
Sir, — We have at present no chaplains with our forces at Cambridge. 
The Committee of Safety have just now resolved that you be applied to, 

1 " John Temple had lived at Mr. S. Hutchins's, but was disengaged from him and 
had been for some time living at N. I. with Mr. Pollard." 

2 The Town afterward paid £2 8s. cash to each of these men " as a hire or bounty, 
in addition to y« wages, travel, bounty, &c, paid or promised by y e State or United 
States." ''An account," etc. 

3 S. Howard's Diary. 

4 Belknap MSS. Mass. Hist, Soc. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



to act in that very necessary work. I can't but hope, sir, that you will 
be disposed and obtain the consent of your people to comply with their 
desire. 

I am sensible that it will be in many respects a self-denying work, but 
I trust this will not discourage you. It is surely very important that our 
many Friends and Brethren in the army, engaged in a cause which we 
trust God approves, surrounded with deaths and temptations, should not 
want the advantages of social worship, and the more private instructions, 
cautions and encouragements, which may be afforded by a faithful 
chaplain. 

I can't but hope that all objections will be overruled. 

I conclude that the ministers in the part of the country from whence 
I come will endeavor to have one of their number generally or constantly 
at Cambridge. Some of the ministers in this part of the country talk of 
the same plan. 

Sir, I hope you will easily determine, to comply with the desire of the 
Committee. Whenever you can determine you will be kind enough to 
send word to the Committee. 

With much respect, 

From your Friend and Brother, 

Samuel Webster. 

To the Rev. Me. Belknap. 

In accordance with the request of the Provincial Congress, 
the Selectmen of the town reported the following summary of 
its population, the amount of powder, and the number of fire- 
arms, etc., in their possession at the date of Oct. 28, of this • 
year : — 



Males under 16 years of age, 143 

Males from 16 — 50 not in ye army, .... 94 

Males above 50 6 

Persons in ye army, 18 

Whole number of females, 230 



Negroes and Slaves for life, 

Guns in repair, 66 

Guns out of repair, 4 

Public stock of powder, 112 lbs. 

Private stock of powder, 45 lbs. 



The sum total is 491 men, women and children. The public 
stock of powder at this time is the largest in the county : 
New Ipswich stands second in this respect, but possesses only 
74 lbs. The census, 1 in detail, is exceedingly curious. I doubt 
that another such anywhere remains. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



101 



Families. 


Males under 16 y'rs 
of age. 


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of age to 50 not in 
y e army. 


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of age. 


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army. 


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102 HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



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John Marshall, 

Joseph Richards, 

Joseph Richardson, 

Nath 1 Shattuck, 

Oliver Heald, 

Peter Wheeler, 

Peter Felt, 

Peter Heald, 

Silas Angier, 

Seth Cobb, 

Stephen Putnam, 

Stephen Cobb, 

Sam 1 Howard, 

Sam 1 Hut-chins, 

Stephen Parlin, 

Samuel Holt, 

Stephen Sanders, 

Thomas Marshall, 

Tim . Austin, 

Will m Mansur, 

Will. Drury, 

Wid°. Felton, 

Capt. Zedekiah Drury, 
Zedekiah Drury, jr.,... 

Zechariah Emery, 

Thomas Richardson,. . . 

Zebadiah Johnson, 

Jacob Foster, 

Elijah Mansfield, 

Joseph Brooks, 

David Fuller, 

Silas Stickney, 

Archelaus Cummings, . 

Joshua Felt, 

Robert Fletcher, 

Jesse Putnam, 

Gideon Powers, 

Beirp. Tenney, 

Thos. Towns, 

Aaron Oliver, 

Joseph Kidder, 

Peter Brown, 



Guns Powd'r 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 



The mighty hunter, Ephraim, it appears, possessed two guns, 
but no powder. It may be an odd but still a natural presump- 
tion, that on the day the census was taken, our doughty forest- 
scourer was but just returned from his regular bear-hunt, 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



103 



quite out of ammunition, and perhaps desperate at being 
obliged to fight King George's Canada Bears as Capt. Towne's 
Company did King George's u Welch Fusileers " on Bunker's, 
— at the 'point of the bayonet. 

As this eventful year was drawing to a close, eighteen more 
Temple soldiers (or Knights Templars, as they might be de- 
nominated) joined the army. These men were raised in 
December, 1775, under the name of "Six-weeks men"; the 
service, however, being often called the " Two months' Militia 
service." 1 



Jonathan Avery, 
Seth Cobb, 
Stephen Cobb, 
Daniel Drury, 
Peter Davis, 
Zecheriah Emery, 



Joshua Foster, 
Ezekiel Goodale, 
Joseph Kidder, 
Eliot Powers, 
Gideon Powers, 
Joseph Richardson, 



Sile Rich Stickney, 
Benjamin Smith, 
John Todd, 
Peter Wheeler, 
David Townsend, 
Zebediah Densmore. 



Thus it appears there were all of thirty-six Temple men 
in the Revolutionary service during the month of December 
of this year. 

The last recorded act of this month was the union of 
Temple and Peterboro to send Mr. Samuel Moore, of the 
latter town, to Exeter. 

1 "An account," etc. The Town afterward paid these men .£36 cash, "as a hire or 
bounty in addition to y e wages, travel bounty, &c, paid or promised by y e State or 
United States. T. T. "An account," etc. 



104 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



CHAPTER VII. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, 1776. 

Letter from Peterboro concerning Instructions to Mr. Moore — Sixteen Soldiers — The 
Association Test — Encouragement to Farmers — Eleven Men go to Oown Point — 
Seven Men to the New York Army — Nine Men to Ticonderoga — Four Men to New- 
York. 

Peterboro, Jan. 4 th , 1776. 

To the Selectmen of the Town of Temple. 

Gents., — The annual meeting of the inhabitants of this Town was 
holden on the 2 d inst. & as the principal persons of said Town were 
then assembled, it was proposed that a committee should be chosen to 
correspond with the Inhabitants of the Town of Temple, to see if they 
will choose a committee to join with them in consulting whether it will 
be necessary to advise with Mr. Sam 1 Moore (who was lately chosen to 
represent the inhabitants in Congress or House of Representatives for this 
colony the ensuing season, and instruct said Moore by said eomm ee what 
they should think most beneficial for the welfare of said Inhabitants & 
recommend the same to the due notice of s d Moore. 

The critical situation of the affairs of this colony, we presume, de- 
mands the exertion of every faculty, so we doubt not but you will be ready 
to promote the good of the community. You will please to let us know 
your minds on the subject, and if you should proceed to choose a com- 
mittee for the purpose aforesaid, we, the subscribers, being chosen as 
committee for this Town, will most readily meet with you at any conve- 
nient place after due notice. We are with cordial affection, Gentl m . 

Your Most Humble Serv'ts 

Sam l Mitchell, 
David Steel, 
Josh. Blanchard. 

" A List 1 of those who engaged in y e continental service in Capt. Ezra 
Towne's Company, in Col Reed's Reg*, for one year from Jan. 7, 1776: " 
Samuel Avery, James Hutchinson, Farrar Miller, 

Jonathan Avery, Wilder Kidder, Sam 1 Wheeler. 

Samuel Bredeen, William Mansur, Peter Felt, 

Zedekiah Drury, John Matthews, Will m Holt, 

John Hillsgrove, Benjamin Smith, Eleazar Taylor. 

Thomas Patterson, 

1 The Town afterward paid £7. 4. cash to each of these men, " in addition to the 
wages, &c, &c." 

" Zedekiah Drury, Jon a Avery, SamT Avery & Thomas Patterson died in the ser- 
vice. Benj a Smith came home soon after y e fight on the Lake, about y e middle of 
Nov r . Elez Taylor was discharged as unfit for y e service before [ ?] time & came 
home." " An account," etc. 



HISTORY OP TEMPLE. 



105 



Capt. Ezekiel Goodale, Joseph Kidder, Aaron Oliver, Benj a Sever- 
ance, and Josiah Stone, " after y e six weeks 1 men's time was expired," 
engaged in the service till April, 1776. 

" To the Selectmen of Temple. 

Coloxy of New Hampshire: ) 
In Committee of Safety, April 12, 1776. j 

" In order to carry the underwritten resolves of the Honorable Con- 
tinental Congress into execution, you are requested to desire all males 
above twenty-one years of age, Lunaticks, Idiots & Negroes excepted, to 
sign the Declaration on this paper & when so done to make return hereof, 
together with the name or names of all who shall refuse to sign the same, 
to the General Assembly or Committee of Safety of this Colony. 

M. Weare, Chairman. 

In Congress, March 14 th , 1776. 

Resolved, That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, Conven- 
tions, & Councils or Committees of Safety of the United Colonies imme- 
diately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective colonies 
who are notoriously disaffected to the cause of America, or who have not 
asssociated and refused to associate, to defend by arms the United Colo- 
nies against the Hostile Attempts of the British Fleets & Armies. 

[Copy.] • Charles Thomson, Sec'y. 

EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES. 

In consequence of the above Resolution of the Hon. Continental Con- 
gress, and to show our Determination in joining our American Brethren 
in defending the Lives, Liberties & Properties of the Inhabitants of the 
United Colonies. 

We, the Subscribers, 1 do hereby solemnly profess our entire willing- 
ness, at the Risque of our Lives & Fortunes, with arms, to oppose the 
Hostile Attempts of the British Fleets and Armies against the United 
American Colonies, whenever, and to such a degree, as such attempts of 
Britain may require. 

Abraham Sheldon, 
Caleb Bancroft, 
Francis Cragin 
Jonathan Morse, 
Peter Davis, ' 
James Foster, 
Elias Colburn, 
Robert Fletcher, 
Peter Wheeler, Jr.. 
John Cragin, 
Eph m Heald, 
Steph 11 Putnam, 
Ebenezer Drury, 
Joseph Heald, 



Joshua Todd, 
Nathaniel Ball, 
Ezekiel Goodale, 
Francis Blood, 1 
Stephen Parlin, 
Samuel Webster, 
Grershoin Drury, 
Oliver Heald, 
Peter Wheeler, 
Ezekiel Jewetl, 
Arch 8 Cummings, 
Peter Felt,. 
Zaeharaiah Emery, 
Zedekaiah Drury, 



Zebadiah Johnson, 
Sile R. Stickney, 
John Brown, 
Joseph Richardson, 
Peter Heald, 
Jonath u Drury, 
Benj a Cutter, 
Will m . Mansur, 
Sam 1 Burnap, 
Joseph Richardson, 
Samuel Howard, 
Samuel Holt, 
Josiah Stone, 



Ephraim Brown, 



1 This part of the doc. is a trifle changed from the original formula transmitted 
by the Committee of Safety. Vide " Returns of the Association Test, 1776, p. 305," 
Office of the Sec. of State. 

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106 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



Benj a Cragin, 
Caleb Maynard, 
Ebenezer Cobb, 
Zedekiah Drury jr, 
Enos Goodale, 
George Start, 
Timothy Allen, 
Joshua Felt, 
Daniel Stow, 
John Patten, 
Peter Shattuck, 
Amos Heald (?) 
Peter Brown, 
Stephen Sanders. 



Benjamin Byam, Joshua Foster, 

Jonath 11 Avery, Isaac Brewer, 

John Everett, Stephen Cobb, 

John Stiles, Will m Drury, 

Silas Angier, David Towusend, 

Eldad Spafford, Amos Emery, 

John Cragin, Benj a Tenney, 

Aaron Marshall, David Fuller, 

John Start, David Spafford, 

Seth Cobb, Arch 8 Wilson, 

Abijah Goold, Aaron Felt, 

Jacob Foster, Gideon Powers, 

Elliot Powers, Elijah Mansfield, 

Abra m Dinsmore, Thomas Marshall, 
The following persons refuse to sign any association to defend America 
by arms against the Hostile attempts of Britain : 

Joseph Putnam, Jacob Putnam, John Gibbs. 

To the Gen 1 Assembly in Comm e e of Safety 
for New Hampshire. 

We produced to the Inhabitants of this Town in Town Meeting assem- 
bled the paper produced by The Comm. of Safety to be signed by the In- 
habitants of this Colony. 

Few, if any of the Inhabitants were willing to engage and promise as 
there proposed to oppose by arms to the utmost of their power the Hos- 
tile Attempts of the British Fleets and Armies, as this seemed to the 
Inhabitants to imply something far more than any common enlistment into 
the service. * * It did not appear to the Inhabitants prudent or 
necessary for any, or in any degree lawful for all thus to engage. The 
Town directly adopted the term of " Association " & we hope what we 
have subscribed to expresses all required by the General Congress. 

John Cragin, ) Selectmen 
Oliver Heald, for 
George Start, ) Temple. 
July : " V. to make an addition of £5. 8. 8. L. M. to y e 
bounty sum of £7. 18. 0, allowed by y e Province to each sol- 
dier that shall enlist into y e Continental service to join y e army 
at Crown Point or elsewhere as they may be called. 

" Y. For y e encouragement of any farmer that may inlist, 
that his Business be taken care of seasonably as may be by 
y e Town. 

These bounties were in specie, 1 but the town trebled the 
amount which they promised, as appears from the account. 

" Town's Bounties to Eleven men sent to Crown Point in ye year 
1776." [These men started July 12, and they enlisted to " serve at 
T'conderoga" according to one paper (an immaterial difference in terms), 
" for ye term of five months, in Capt. J. Parker's Company, and Col. J. 
Wyman's Beg't." 

1 " An account," etc, 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



107 



Francis Blood, 1 (by Lieut. Byam,) 
John Cragin, (by Jeremiah Andrews,) - 
Benja. Cutter, (by Josiah Stone,) 
Zebediah Johnson, 

Ezekiel Jewett, (by Arthur Kirkwood,) - 

Elijah Mansfield, - 

Thomas Marshall, (by Aaron Oliver,) - 

David Townsend, - 

Ephraim Heald, (by Wm. Priest,) 

Joshua Foster, (by his son Joshua,) 

David Spafford, (by Sam'l Griffin,) 



£15 10 8 

" do " 

" do " 

" do " 

" do " 

" do " 

" do " 



do 
do 
do 



Total, 



£170 17 4 



Sept. 20. — Seven soldiers 2 went "to the New York Army," "in 
Capt. Abijah Smith's Company ; Col. Baldwin s Regiment, " and tarried 
until the 1st of December." 

Amos Emery, (or Ebenezer Severance,) Ensign Robert Fletcher, 
Samuel Howard, (by James Moor,) Samuel Holt, (by Joseph Kidder,) 
Caleb Maynard, Grideon Powers, Stephen Sanders. 

Oct. — Nine soldiers 3 went on an alarm to Ticonderoga, in Capt. J. 
Heald's company, Col. Bellows' Regiment, and by desire of Gen. Gates. 
"They were absent 23 days." 

Ephraim Brown, Capt. G. Drury, Stephen Parlin, John Todd, 
Benjamin Cragin, Zechariah Emery, Eldad Spafford, Benjamin Ten- 
ney, Francis Cragin. 

Dec. 5. — Four men 4 went to New York in Capt. Town's Company, 
Col. D. Gilman's Regiment, to serve "till ye 15th of March, 1777." 

Eldad Spafford, Elijah Mansfield, Jonathan Avery, A. Holt. 

We now come to a long political letter, written daring this 
year, upon the subject of 'A Proper Basis of Representation/ 
a most engrossing topic at that period. The letter, (doubt- 
less Mr. Webster's,) sets forth with considerable ability, the 
arguments for the most purely Democratic side of the question. 

Being reduced to print extracts only, their immediate con- 
nection is, necessarily, sometimes rendered doubtful. The 
presumption, is, however, that few will iuterest themselves in 

1 By an " Act" of 1776, the following persons were exempted from serving in the 
Militia: "Members of the American Congress, Members of the Council and of the 
House of Bepresentatives, for the time being, the Secretary of the Colony, all civil 
officers that have been, or shall be appointed by the General Court, or either Branca of 
it. Officers and Students of Dartmouth College, Ministers of the Gospel, Elders and 
Deacons of Churches, Church Wardens, Grammar School Masters, Masters of Arts, 
the Denomination of Christians called Quakers, Selectmen for the time being," — 
"Constables, bheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs, Negroes, Indians and Mulattoes." The select- 
men also are " impowered, by writing under- their Bands, to excuse from Time to Time, 
such Physicians, Surgeons, Ferrymen and Millers, in then- respective towns, from com- 
mon and ordinary trainings, as they shall judge it necessaiy to excuse." 

2 " An acc't," etc. The Town paid them in all, £17, 17, 6, " in addition," etc. 

3 " An acc't," etc. The Town paid them in all, £27, "in addition," etc. 

4 " An acc't," etc. The Town paid them in all, £12, "in addition," etc. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



the perusal who are not, by previous investigations in that di- 
rection, reasonably well qualified to supply the connection, 
when wanting, from their own minds. 

" To the Committees acting for the several Towns of Plainfield, Leba- 
non, &c: 

" Gentlemen and Friends : — We very lately met with a printed address 
which you, in the name of your several Towns, direct to the Inhabitants 
of the Towns of New Hampshire. At the close of y r address, you de- 
sire, if any Town or Towns agree with you in sentiment, that they would 
communicate the same by letter to you." 

" We consider it as an undoubted axiom, consistent with Human Na- 
ture, that the most perfect Legislation is that of the whole Body of a 
People, deliberating and determining upon certain Laws for the whole, 
in which Deliberation each one is considered as Equal to another." 

" We are sensible that the estate of one may give him more interest in 
the welfare and security of the State, than another ; and that the Knowl- 
edge and Fidelity of one, may make his Judgnr of more real worth than 
the judgm* of many, it may well be of many scores of others who have 
less capacity to understand a case, or less benevolent Fidelity to enable or 
dispose y m to judge or act right in the view of it. But as Persons' real 
regard to the welfare of society is plainly not measured by their propor- 
tion of personal Interest, and since rueasuring the difP degrees of difF* 
persons' Capacity and Fidelity, both supposes a complete Legislative 
body already existing, and is also absolutely impossible to any finite Be- 
ing, these differences of Interest, capacity and Fidelity, never can be al- 
lowed for in legislation : difference of Interest^ very improperly, if at all, 
and the other differences, though far more important, not in the least de- 
gree. But still, notwithstanding these differences of Individuals, yet the 
most perfect Form of Legislation is that in which the whole body of a Peo- 
ple, larger or smaller, meet together, and deliberate and agree upon certain 
common Rules or Laws ; and in this case the only possible, and the unal- 
terable Rule must be the entire equality among the different individuals of 
this Body, an equality in this important Respect, that ye final judgni* of 
each Individual should count as much in a determination of what was the 
general judgment, or should be a rule or Law of that Body, as the judg- 
ment of any other Individual of the body." 

" Should one say — ' I have acquired a Property in a Thousand Acres of 
Land, and must therefore have my judgment counted as much as ten men 
who have acquired a Property in only an Hundred Acres each, since I act 
for as much extent of Laud as these ten. ' Or should ten men say, — ' We 
are the only Inhabitants within the compass of ten, twenty, or an Hundred 
miles, and therefore we insist upon being counted as much as all the In- 
habitants of a Tract of Land of equal extent, tho' it is but a small part 
which we have acquired a Property in by Improvement, — 'T is yet entirely 
plain the many could not thus lawfully allow of this rule which puts the 
many entirely under the disposal of the Few, or apply the Rule before a 
method of collecting the Legislative judgment was determined upon. 

" Or should any one or more insist for himself or others, that he or they 
had more Capacity or Fidelity than others, and therefore that in making up 



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judgm*, they should be counted more or oftener than other r is t tl'tslpa 
that it would be impracticable to apply such a rule, tho' aaisae,n as rea- 
sonable in itself, as in the case of difference of estate." 

" A 5th Article, which is directly evident, or demonstrably certain is 
that the most accurate and only perfect Delegation, whatever be the pro- 
portion of Individuals to the Delegates, is that which most effectually se- 
cures the adopting ye same Laws or Prudential Regulationsfor the Society, 
as would have been adopted by the majority of the whole Society, had the 
whole Society of Individuals met together in v r own persons and soberly 
deliberated and determined upon suitable regulations. For if this be the 
most perfect Form of Legislation, whatever Delegation best secures the aim 
and consequence of this, must be the best Delegation." 

"You give, Gentlemen, two Reasons [?] up together why we should 
consider ourselves as at present without any legal power in the Colony, 
and that of course the way is open for our endeavors to get out of a State 
of Nature, and that the present assembly was appointed only for tempo- 
rary Purposes which have now ceased, and that the Province is not fairly 
represented. Suppose, gentlemen, that the assembly was chosen for tem- 
porary Purposes. Yet, how does it y* these purposes have ceased ? Is 
ye Province yet out of its distressed and difficult circumstances ? Is it 
prudent or safe, in any Degree, to throw all afloat without urgent Necessity ? 
Pray, Gentlemen, what have they done who r now at [the] helm, that we 
shall rather trust the Vessel to the mercy of the winds and seas, without 
any steersman, while the furious eastern storm is still blowing with all its 
violence. 

" We suppose that the present plan of Government was never designed 
as lasting, unless agreeable : — to cease, of course, if we mistake not, unless 
revived when the present contest with Britain ends. That Period is not 
yet come. Heaven knows when it will ; but we trust it will not be 
endless. 

" But, Gentlemen, should we and the other colonies throw all afloat, de- 
stroy our publick credit, and all our bonds of Union, until we had agreed, 
in the speediest way, on some lasting Plan of Government, might we 
not expect our Contest with Britain would end soon indeed ? Are there 
real evils suffered ? Yet, better have life, tho' with some pain, than 
death, to be freed from it. 

" But, Gentlemen, if we must have some lasting Plan of Government 
form d as soon as possible, yet sure, we need not destroy the present tem- 
porary one, until the new one be in a state of action. If the Body of the 
People really desire it, we have no great objections ; and if, as before, a 
very large majority of individuals y r represented in ye present assembly, 
it will be in all Respects best for y m to direct y r Representatives to for- 
ward such a Plan, who will be very sure to comply with y r Instructions. 
Tho' we must acknowledge we see not but that we may as prudently try 
the present Plan for a season, by which we shall be more able to judge or 
experience the surest test of its advantages or disadvantages, and how to 
improve it for the better. 

"As to ye other Part of y T objection, against the acting of [the] present 
assembly, 'That ye colony is not pioperly represented, since they w r 
chosen agreeable to the Directions of the late Convention, and in an un- 
suitable manner,' we would observe — 



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" That tho' there was nothing but the natural sense of Decency to deter- 
mine in the choice of ye late Convention, yet as most parts of ye colony 
had more or less members present, so y r was plainly some tolerable pro- 
portion to the respective Inhabitants whom thej represented, tho' far from 
exactly accurate. It was plainly desirable that some Rule might be fix d 
for a proportion. None, assuredly, in or out of the colony, could do it 
with so much decency as the Convention. But partly thro' ye great 
variety of other Business, and partly thro' ye want of an exact acquaint- 
ance with ye colony, we understand they rather made use of a tem- 
porary expedient, instead of a general Rule, as nearly as they could judge 
in Proportion to their respective Numbers ; directing certain collections of 
Individuals to choose one or more Delegates, according to the largeness 
of ye number of Individuals. So far as we have known, this proportion 
has been nearly the same, — about 140 or 150 Individuals to one 
Delegate. Whether some smaller parcels of individuals have been neg- 
lected, we know not, tho' we know no Instances, unless in the case of 3 
or 4 single Individuals. 

" Are not y r distinct rights to equality in each Individual previous to any 
Incorporations, and is it possible that a Lawyer subtle enough, can be 
found to contrive how to serve these rights with a writ of ejectment, by 
means of ye magick of an Incorporation? 

" On the whole, Gentlemen, when you ask ' where is ye difference be- 
tween ye present establishment and ye former ? ' we r willing to conclude 
as most favorable, y* you spoke in some haste. In ye former, the Gov- 
ernor, in many cases, bad ye whole Power ; in y s ye Governor and a 
Council independent of ye people. 

" Can you suppose, gentlemen, ye spirit of freedom, so feeble in ye more 
populous parts of ye colony, y* yy can quietly and cheerfully submit to 
pay | of ye charges, furnish f of ye soldiers, and not have nearly the 
same Proportion of weight in ye Legislature ? Put yourselves in y r Place, 
gentlemen, and judge. 

"On the whole, gentlemen, we will spare ourselves and you further 
trouble in writing at Present on the subject, after just observ g that we, 
with another town, the town of Peterborough, are jour 4 to send one Rep- 
resentative. If the Proportion had been y* of 70 Individuals to one 
Representative, we should, of course, have sent one. Our Representa- 
tive chose this, but we acquiesce in ye different judgm* of the majority. 

" We heartily wish and pray that the great hand of justice and true 
Freedom may guide and influence you and us, ye whole colony, and all ye 
colonies, to think of ourselves as we ought to think, and to yield to one 
another that Honour, Respect and Love, which are consistent with a[com- 
mon belief ] that it is not lawful to part with the unalienable rights of 
Human Nature. 

Thomas Marshall, 
David Townsend, 
John Crag in, Jr., . ^ 
David Spafford, ™ , 
' Samuel Webster, TeD1 P le - 
Ephraim Heald, J 

John Cragin, Jr., } Selectmen 
Oliver Heald. >■ for 
George Start, ) Temple." 



Committee 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



Ill 



CHAPTER VIII. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY — 177 7-1 783. 

Town's "Committee of Safety " — Battalion-men — Alarm at Ticonderoga — Salt 
divided — "Inquisition " Town-Meeting — Alarm on Sunday, Ticonderoga — Thirty- 
seven men — Stock of powder — Seventeen men go to Bennington, nineteen to 
Saratoga — Francis B ood goes to the Concord Convention — Abiel Abbot's Letter — 
Seventeen men go to Rho<ie Island — Vote on the Plan of Government of the Con- 
cord Convention — John Cragin, Jr. and Francis Blood chosen to attend Conven- 
tions — Six men in Col. Nichols' Regiment — Sixteen men go to Coos — Captain 
Edwards — Temple Convention, 1Y81 — Deserters — Letter of B.Howe — Francis 
Biood, Collector General of Beef for the Arniy — Temple Convention, 1783 — Depre- 
ciation. 

" But hark! " continued Henry, " what notes of discord are those which disturb the 

feneral joy, and silence the acclamations of victory'? " They are the notes of John Hook, 
oarsely bawling through the American camp. " Beef! beef! beef! " 

Anecdote of Patrick Henry. 

One who bluntly commanded at Cadiz, thus addressed his soldiers : " What a shame will 
it be, you Englishmen, that feed upon good beef and brewess, to let those rascally 
Spaniards beat you, that eat nothing but oranges and lemons! " 

Selde?i {Table Talk). 

" Jan. 24, 1777. Sam 1 Bredeen 1 returned from y e army y e first time 
after about 18 months service to y e northward & southward y e 24th 
Jan'y 1777." Samuel Breeden and Samuel Wheeler had "staid 6 
weeks " 2 after the close of the service of '76, "at y e desire of General 
Washington." 

March 3. " Y. to choose a committee of inspection, correspondence 
and safety. 

" Y. that said committee consist of nine persons. 

" Chose Messrs. David Spafford, Lieut. Cragin, Be v. Sam'l 

Webster, Capt. Blood, John Cragin, Jr., John Patten, 

Samuel Howard, Oliver Heald and John Stiles, for 

said committee." 
" V. to allow an account to Samuel Howard of 17s. L. M. 

for carrying blankets to the army in y e year 1775." 
March 13. " V. to give 100 dollars to each soldier that shall enlist 

in y e continental service, to make out y e quota of men 

for this town for y e three battalions. 3 
" y. y e whole sum at y e expiration of one year. 
"V. that security be given to said soldiers for the above 

sum when they have passed muster." 

1 S. Howard's Diary. 

2 Town's Bounty to each, £3. "An account," etc. 

3 " Col. Scammel's Regt." "An account," etc. Capt. Wm. Scott's Comp." Army 
oils, vol. Ill, p. 109. 



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In accordance, 1 four men were raised to serve " during the 
war," at large town-bounties, viz., Morris Millet, John Millet, 
Phillemon Duset and John Hillsgrove, the sum of whose 
bounties was £122, 8d. Os. Hillsgrove was paid <£12 more 
than either of the others. Likewise, nine men were raised to 
serve "for three years," viz. Ebenezer Drury, Benjamin Smith, 
Aaron Oliver, Josiah Stone, Amos Fuller, Elijah Mansfield, 
John Drury, Farrar (Miller) and James Hutchinson, the sum 
of whose bounties was £316, 10s. Od. Ebenezer Drury 
received £6 more than the others. The " travel money " 
of the two Millets, Duset and Hillsgrove, to "Charlestown, 
Nov. 4," was 9s. 8d. each. 2 " The soldiers that were raised 
in this town for ye three years' service marched ye 21st day of 
April, 1 777. Lieut. Goodale marched with them." 3 Accord- 
ing to one account, Samuel Wheeler and Ezekiel Jewett joined 
" ye Battalions " together, receiving £28, 10s. Od. bounty, 
which, being much less than the others had, indicates that 
they must have enlisted under different circumstances. 

May 13. "I marched with 8 of the militia to Ticonderoga, on an 
alarm, y e 13th day of May, 1777." 3 The others were, Sile R. Sticknee, 
John Patten, Jonathan Marshall, Ebenezer Severance, Silas Angier, 
David Townsend and Benjamin Severance. They marched in Captain 
Josiah Brown's Comp. and Col. Ashley's Regt., and were "in service 4 
about 40 days." 5 

In a P. S. annexed to the warrant for May meeting, occurs, 
" N. B. The Comm ee will wait upon the Dividing of ye 
remainder of the Town Stock of Salt, at eight of the clock in 
ye forenoon of ye above said meeting day." There was still 
a remnant. 

June 2. " V. to sell ye remainder of ye Town Stock of Salt (which is 
three pecks) one-half peck at a time." 

Sometime in June, this year, occurred what may be called 
The Inquisition Town Meeting. I copy the proceedings, word 
for word, from the town records. 

1 "An account," etc. 

2 Army Rolls, Concord, L. vol. III. p. 109. 

3 Howard's Diary. 

4 They received, in all, ".£15, 0s. Od. in additon," etc. "An account," etc. 

5 It was evidently at this time that a petition was drawn up " To the Hon. Gen . 
Poor, Commander of this department of ye Continental army, now at 'Ticonderoga 
and Fort Independence," praying him that, as immediate danger was over, the 
enlisted might return home, as most of them had not " cast a seed into the ground" 
before their departure. T. T. 



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" Y. that Major Ephraim Healcl be asked whether he thinks George 
of Britain was right, or had by ye Constitution a right, to block up our 
Harbor with a fleet and army to oblige us to submit to their acts. 
Answered by him, No, he did not. Then asked him whether he thought 
it was just and right, agreeable to ye Law of Nations and ye Laws of 
Nature to oppose the Hostile attempts of Britain as we have done ? He 
answered, Yes, he did. 

" Question by Deacon Foster to Peter Heald. Do you think that we 
have a right to oppose the Hostile attempts of Britain as we have done ? 
Answered by him, Who made you an examiner and did not crop your 
ears ? 

" Quest. Asked Stephen Putnam whether we have a right to defend 
our Eights against ye Hostile attempts of Britain to enslave us ? An- 
swered by him, He did believe, if ever a people had a right since ye 
Gospel, we have. 

" Quest. Asked Mr. Douglass whether he tho't we had a right 
to oppose ye Hostile attempts of Britain as we do? Answered, Yes, he 
believed we had a right to oppose ye Hostile attempts of Britain ; and 
further said he did not think as some folks did : and said if we had 
waited till ye Laws came out we might have known how it was, and said 
we or he had sufficient proof that our People at Lexington fired upon ye 
Regulars first. 

" Y. to desire Major Heald that he would not go a hunting at this 
present time. 

" Mr. Ball was asked whether he tho't we had a right to oppose 
Brittain's Hostile Attempts as we had done. Answered, Yes. Messrs. 
Cragin, Joseph Heald, Rev. S. Webster, John Cragin, Jr., Dea 11 
Foster, Mr. Shelden, Capt. Gershom Drury and Capt. Blood, to ye 
same question. Mr. Peter Heald says he professes to be a true friend 
to his country, and would save it if it lay in his power. 

" Y. that Mr. Peter Heald's answers are not satisfactory. 

" Y. that ye minutes of ye questions and answers be kept on file in ye 
clerk's office." 

This meeting was all edge and earnestness : it makes one 
almost tremble to read the record. Ephraim Heald was first 
questioned. Suppose his Republicanism to have been above 
reproach, this might have been done to cover the invidiousness 
of a similar question to others. This was plainly the inten- 
tion of questioning the last eight gentlemen, for the Whiggery 
of Mr. Webster admitted not a doubt. Nevertheless, Mr. 
Heald was appointed by the Royal Governor to call the 
First Town-meeting, was a brother of Peter Heald, and, as 
appears from their desire to have him eschew forest-life 
awhile, had much absented himself of late from political 
meetings, and one or all these facts may have led the people 
to suspect his fidelity. But, when they catechized him, there 
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HISTORY OP TEMPLE. 



was no mistaking his "yes " and "no." Peter Heald signed 
the " Association-Test " of '76, but, like his brother, was 
eccentric, and perhaps they didn't understand him. Stephen 
Putnam also signed it, and he is perhaps interrogated for the 
same purpose that the " eight " were, though his answer 
might be equivocal. I think, however, he was honest. Doug- 
lass was a new-comer, and had probably fled from suspicion 
in other quarters. Who " fired first " at Lexington must 
always remain an open question. 

June 29, Sunday. This was the memorable day referred to 
in the oration, when a certain Tory supposed that he heard a 
voice from heaven. An alarm had come from Ticonderoga 
and the turn-out was immense. There was a great rush to 
the ammunition deposit, and I find a slip of paper 1 stating just 
how much powder, ball and flint, each of nine men drew from 
it on the occasion : 



Balls. Flint. 

John Ball 7 2 

John Boynton 2 

Daniel Foster 19 2 

Eleazar Taylor 16 2 

Joseph Heald 12 2 

Enos Good ale 8 2 

Peter Wheeler 6 2 

Stephen Parlin 30 3 

Benj. Tenney 30 3 



Lbs. powder. 

. . 
.. 

1 



The next day they marched, thirty-seven? all told. 



Gershom Drury, 
Francis Cragin, 
George Start, 
John Stiles, 
Samuel Webster, 
John Cragin, Jr., 
Joseph Heald, 
John Todd, 
Daniel Foster, 
Benj. Tenney, 
Joseph Richardson, 
Samuel Burnap, 
Elias Cobourn, 
These men were 
Heald's Regiment, 8 



Enos Goodale, 
Stephen Parlin, 
W m . Priest, 
Eben r . Cobb, 
Samuel Holt, 
W m . Drury, 
W m . Mansur, 
Jer h Andrews, 
Abr m . Shelden, 
Jacob Foster, 
Silas Angier, 
John Ball, 



Peter Wheeler, Jr., 
John Boynton, 
Oliver Heald, 
Eliot Powers, 
Eleazar Taylor, 
Abijah Gould, 
Eobt. Fletcher, 
Abr m Dinsmore 
Benj. Byani, 
Jos h Searle, 
Caleb Maynard, 
Zebadaiah Dinsmore. 



in Capt. Drury's Company. Lt.-Col. P. 
and received in all a Town's Bountv of 



1 T. T. 

2 On the paper referred to in note T. T. (written, doubtless, by Samuel Howard) 
occurs, "This Thirtieth day of June, 1777, Capt. Gershom Drury marched from Tem- 
ple with 20 men to Ticonderoga." The 17, maybe, went on Tuesday. 

3 "An account," etc. 



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£88. 1G. Some of the men were probably gone longer than 
others, as the individual receipts are different. 

In July, seventeen men " marched to Bennington in Capt. S. 
Parker's Company, Col. M. Nichol's Reg't, Gen. Jno. Stark's 
Brigade," viz. r 1 



Benj a By am, 
Caleb Bancroft, 
James Foster, 
Nath 1 Shattuck, 
Joseph Heald, 
John Everett, 



Paul Powers, 
Benj a Severance, 
Eph m Brown, 
Sile R. Sticknee, 
Eben r Severance, 
Peter Wheeler, 



Sa?n l Wheeler, 
Needham Drury, 
William Upton, 
Benj n Cragin, 
Daniel Foster. 



The names of Byam, Heald and Foster [italicized] occur in 
the roll of the thirty-seven who marched in June: the name 
of Samuel Wheeler occurs among those who joined the "Three 
Battalions." Leaving out these names, then, there remain 15 
Battalion-men, 37 Ticonderoga-men, and 18 B.ennington-men — 
in all 65 men, who were absent from Temple in July, 1777, and 
in the army. 

Sept. : Nineteen men " marched on to Saratoga, in Capt. G. 
Drury's Company, Col. Moor's Reg't, Gen. Whipple's Brigade, 



viz. 



Joseph Richardson, 
Abiel Holt, 
Sam 1 Burnap, 
Caleb Maynard, 
Enos Goodale, 
Stephen Parlin, 



Jer h Andrews, 
John Todd, 
Sam 1 Howard, 
Peter Wheeler, 
Zeb h Dinsmore, 
(Capt. G. Drury.) 



Francis Cragin, 
John Cragin, 
Peter Felt, 
Will Drury, 
Zed h Drury, 
Joseph Kidder, 
Silas Angier, 

Deposition : I, Francis Blood, of lawful age, testify and say that I 
was called upon to procure a man to serve in y e militia at Saratoga in Capt 
G. Drury's Comp'y & Col. D. Moor's Regiment, & in Gen. Whipple's 
Brigade in Sept. 1777. I hired Jer h Andrews to serve for me, and gave 
him as a hire or encouragement to enlist, £4.8. The s d J. Andrews 
accordingly did y e service : The s d J. Andrews was to have y e benefit 
of any bounty, travel wages, &c, paid or promised by y e State, or y e 
United States, for s d service. 

Feb. 1778. li V. unanimously an entire approbation of y e several articles 
of confederation as proposed by y e Congress of y e United 
States. 

April : " V. to send one person to join y c convention at Concord in this 
State for y e purpose of framing and laying a permanent plan 
or system of Government for y e Future Happiness & Well 
Being of y e good people of y e same. 
Chose Francis Blood, Esq., for a member of y e above s d convention." 
1 The "17" received a Town's Bounty of ,£170 "specie," "in addition," &c. 



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HISTOET OF TEMPLE. 



The " Three Years" men (some of them) were evidently 
at home on furlow, at the commencement of April. 

" To the Hon'ble Comm ee of Safety in Temple. 

S rs . I was desired by Col. Henry Dearborn belonging to the Conti- 
nental Army to send to Temple, to give notice to those men hereafter 
mentioned, viz., Ebenezer Drury, John Drury, Amos Fuller, Ezra 
Fuller, 1 Elijah Mansfield, to remove to Exeter as soon as possible, as it 
is time they were on their way to Camp, if not gone forward. The let- 
ter that I received [was] dated April 4 th , 1778. 

This from your Humble serv*, 

Abiel Abbott. 
Wn/roN, April 11* , 1778. 
Pray be so good as to give notice to those men above mentioned. 

June. — "Jn°Searl, who went to Ehode Island in Cap* Massey's 
Company, Col L. Peabody's Eegt* & served about eight months, was 
paid £11 cash as a Hire in addition," etc. 

Aug. 5. — Seventeen men "joined B. G-. Whipple's Brigade of Vol- 
unteers at Rhode Island. Absent about 23 days, viz : 2 

Gershom Drury, Joshua Foster, Benj n Severance, 

Rob* Fletcher, Joshua Richardson, Sam 1 Wheeler, 

Joseph Kidder, Sile R. Sticknee, James Perry, 

Daniel Heald, Sam 1 Felt, Nath 1 Jewett, 

Gideon Powers, David Townsend, Josiah Stone. 

Paul Powers, Jon a Marshall, 

Feb. 1779. — " Y. to advance £6 to Eben r Drury and Benj a Smith, 
two of ye Continental Soldiers now present on furlough. 

June. — " Gershom Drury & David Drury 3 who joined Cap* D. Em- 
erson's Comp. & Col Mooney's Reg* at Rhode Island, discharged Jan. 
17S0 3 " were together paid £30 specie, " in addition," etc. 

June 12. — "Each of three men who engaged in ye Battalions, 3 viz : 
Isaac Taylor, William Andrews & Abba Severance, was paid £225 
cash," [Total £675] "in addition," etc. 

In 1779, Farrar Miller 3 enlisted "during ye war" and was paid a 
Town's Bounty in "hard money " of £21, 8, 8. 

Aug. — [Warrant.] "To see if ye Town will accept ye 
Declaration of Rights & Plan of Government as formed by 
ye Convention." " The Town met, seventy-two voters being 
present." "After some debate a vote was called upon s d Plan, 
67 for receiving s d Plan, 2 against it, and 3 neuters." 

At this meeting Mr. John Cragin Jr. was elected Delegate 
to a Convention, at Concord, for making a "Table of Prices " 
for different articles of merchandise. 

1 E. F.'s name occurs here for the first time. 

2 "An account," etc. They were paid in all £40 16, "in addition," etc. 

3 "An account," etc. 



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117 



" V. That Esq. Blood shall attend the adjournment of a 
former Convention in Sept. next." 

The Convention which John Cragin, Jr., attended, sat at 
Concord, Sept. 22, and afterwards, on adjournment, at Exeter, 
Nov. 3. Circulars, "Stating the Prices of Sundry Articles," 
were issued from each place to the people, the latter one 
closing peculiarly, in this way : " Each of the above Argu- 
ments, added to the Resolves, and Recommendations of the 
Hon. Continental Congress, being so inseparably connected 
with your Interest, if they do not prevail, neither will you be 
persuaded tho 1 one should rise from the Dead." 

June 26. 1780. " We, the Committee chosen by ye Town of Temple, 

have enlisted Peter Brown and agreed to give him a cow that is worth 

£4, and seven bushels of corn, and 1320 con 1 Dollars clown, and 38 

bushels of good Indian corn ye first of Jan. next, and see his bounty 

and wages equal to what ye Court has promised." 

Gershom Drury, ) n ... 
T -r> ' >• Committee. 

James Jterrey, ) 

Jon a Parker (of Packersfield), and Jacob Lowell 1 were 
hired at the same rate. 

1780. "Jn° Cragin Treas r : Pay to Moses Lowell £360, L. M., 
instead of a cow in part for his service in ye war." 

July. "Six men 2 joined "Col. Nichols' Reg* for three 
months," viz. : Eli Upton, Will m Upton, John Taylor, Henry 
Davis, Jacob Annis, and Dan 1 Fuller. They were together 
p d , in specie, $48 " in addition," etc. 

Oct. Sixteen men 2 " marched on the alarm at Coos, at ye 
time when Royalston was burnt," viz. : 

Gershom Drury, 2 Francis Cragin, Benj a Cragin, 

W m Drury, Site R. Sticknee, John Burnap, 

Abiel Holt, Stephen Parlin, Zec h Emery, 

Sam 1 Holt, Dan 1 Heald, Sampson Walker, * 

Paid Sticknee, Simeon Cragin, Arch 8 Cummings. 

Math 1 Jewett, (Time of absence, four days.) 

During this year, Capt. Ebenezer Edwards first appears in 
" the account." Capt. E. goes with a company to Keene, 

1 Brown, Parker and Lowell were raised to fill the battalions, and serve six months. 
They were paid as a hire, " in addition," etc. £73. 14. 3. specie. 

2 t: An account," etc. Thos^in Italics were paid £1 apiece, which included the 
expense of ahorse; the others only 14s. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



"agrecaMe to orders from Colo Hale, Oct. 7." Ens n Benj. 
Bacon, Aaron Colman, and John Edwards, attended him; 
they were absent three days. 

In March of 1781, a large Convention 1 was holden at Tem- 
ple, of the proceedings of which, the following copy is ample 
enough to tell its own story. 

CONVENTION. 

Temple, March 7, 1781. 

The Committee from ye several Towns following, viz : of New Ipswich, 
Mason, Raby, Hollis, Peterboro, Fitzwilliam, Packersfield, Temple, Jaf- 
frey, Marlborough, Peterboro Slip, and Merrimac, being met, formed 
into a Convention and proceeded as follows : 

First. Chose D n Amos Dakin for ye President of s d convention. 
Chose Sam 1 Howard, Clerk. 

A motion was made and seconded to see whether ye advice of Con- 
gress and ye conduct of ye General Court respecting Pensions, was matter 
of grievance to this Convention. 

It was put and passed in the affirmative. 

Voted that, whereas, the Gen 1 Court are situated out of the centre of 
ye State, and that the wages of ye worthy members are so inconsidera- 
ble, that thereby we are deprived of some of our best members, — Voted 
that this be a grievance. 

Voted that it be a grievance to this Convention that those persons who 
have been intrusted with Publick Monies, have not been obliged to ac- 
count for them. 

Voted to petition the Gen 1 Court of this State to instruct their mem- 
bers at Congress, to use their influence that Congress repeal those re- 
solves respecting Half-Pay to the officers of the army, and also to bring 
those persons who have been betrusted ( ! ) with the public monies to a 
■ final and immediate settlement, and also that our Legislature desire the 
assistance of the Courts of the other New England States in order to 
effect the aforesaid purpose at Congress. 

Voted to choose a comm ee of five to draw up a Petition and Remon- 
strance. 

Voted that Dr. J no Preston, John Cragin, Isaac How, Dea 11 Amos Da- 
kin, and Sam 1 Howard serve as ye above Comm ee . 

Voted that whereas Government may be necessitated to borrow Monies 
to defray the public expenses, &c, we humbly conceive it will be impossible 
for the State to be credited until such measures are taken as will make it 
for the interest of Individuals to loan money on the Public Credit, and 
the Public Faith kept inviolable. 

Voted that the Court's depriving the Continental Soldiers of their 
hire-money, and stating their Bounty Notes, given in the year 1777, at 
forty for one, is a grievance. 



i T. T. 



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119 



Voted that Francis Blood, Esq., should take the deposition of Mr. 
David Spafford respecting ye conversation that passed between the mem- 
ber from Marlborough and himself ye other day. 

Attest : Sam l Howard, Clerk. 

THE PETITION AND REMONSTRANCE. 

To ye Hon ble , the Council and House of Eepresentatives of ye State of 

N. Hampshire, in General Assembly convened : 

We, the Comm ee of ye towns of New Ipswich, Mason, Raby, Hollis, 
Peterboro, Peterboro Slip, Fitzwilliam, Packersfield, Temple, Jaffrey, 
Marlborough, & Merrimac, chosen for ye express purpose of joining in 
Convention at Temple, this 7th day of March, Anno Domini 1781, To 
take under our deliberate and mature consideration, such acts and pro- 
ceedings of ye General Assembly of this State as appear grievous, & as 
we apprehend, have a tendency to disquiet ye minds of ye good people of 
this State, & for and in behalf of our constituents, to remonstrate against 
& humbly petition ye said General Assembly for a redress; and that they 
would be pleased to take such measures as may have a tendency more 
effectually to secure ye public tranquillity. And, whereas, we convened 
for ye purpose above [stated], and from considering ye matters that have 
been laid before us, we learn that ye Gen 1 Congress, of ye United States 
of America, have resolved that ye Widows, or Heirs of such officers as 
have fallen in battle, as well as those officers who have been derang d (!) 
out of s d army shall draw half-pay for and during ye term of seven years, 
and that such officers as shall continue in ye service of ye Continent to 
ye end of ye war, shall be entitled to draw half-pay during life, (though, 
with all due deference, we must say that we cannot comprehend the wis- 
dom, ye Policy, or ye Justice of such measures, and are totally at a loss 
for ye weighty reasons, which could induce that wise and august Body to 
pass Resolves, which, we humbly conceive are pregnant with evils of so 
enormous a size.) And, whereas, we trusted that our Faithful Guardians 
of ye Liberties of this State, would have seasonably petitioned ye s d 
Hon ble Congress to have reconsidered each of ye aforesaid resolves. 
Yet, to our unspeakable grief, we are so unhappy as to find that instead 
thereof, the General Assembly of this State have, in consequence of ye 
aforesaid Resolves, granted ye Petition of ye widow of ye late Col Adams, 
of this State, for a Pension of Half-Pay for ye term of seven years, which 
creates great uneasiness in ye minds of ye good people, we have ye honor 
to represent, and which, with all due submission, we cannot but view as a 
bad precedent, and should such grants become general, to s d officers, ye 
Payment thereof, when added to ye weight of those necessary taxes for 
ye support of government and carrying on ye war with vigour, (and 
which we, to ye utmost of our power, are ready to pay with ye greatest 
cheerfulness,) will, we humbly conceive, prove an unsupportable burden. 
And, whereas, ye General Assembly of this State have sat so remote 
from ye centre of ye State, & stated ye wages of its members so very 
low, considering ye enormous price they are obliged to pay for their 
board, that many of ye Best members, in these Upper Counties, have 



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been necessitated to refuse a seat in ye House, and at ye Board ; and tho' 
we wish not to make those Posts Lucrative ones, yet so long as it must 
be injurious to ye interest of members to sit in Court, we humbly con- 
ceive it must operate greatly to ye prejudice of ye State, & if not ye 
means of introducing weak or wicked men into Court, will (as we hum- 
bly conceive), effectually deprive us of ye wisdom and counsel of those 
men in whom we place ye greatest confidence. And, whereas, Govern- 
ment maybe necessitated to borrow monies to defray ye Public Expenses, 
in order that ye Poor might not be greatly distressed by taxation, yet 
until such measures are adopted as will make it for ye interest of Indi- 
viduals to loan their monies on ye Public Faith, we humbly conceive, it 
will be impossible for ye State to be credited, especially if ye Public Faith 
is not kept inviolable. And we humbly conceive that ye Court's depriv- 
ing ye Continental Soldiers, who engaged in ye service of ye Continent, 
in the year Dom. 1777, of their hire-money, and stating their Bounty- 
Notes at ye rate of Forty for one, will not be generally received as ye 
evidence of that strict justice we earnestly wish might characterize our 
Legislature, and are grievances, which, we apprehend, will operate greatly 
to the prejudice of ye State. And, whereas, Persons who have been en- 
trusted with ye Public Goods or Monies, have not been obliged to account 
for ye same, and final settlements are not made with them, tho' we appre- 
hend they have considerable of ye interest of ye State now in their hands, 
which is, at this time, greatly needed, and is, as we apprehend, an addi- 
tion to ye distresses of ye State — We, therefore, your Humble Petition- 
ers for, and in behalf of ye good people we have ye honour to represent, 
do, in ye most humble & importunate manner, lay our supplications 
before the General Assembly of this State, earnestly entreating that such 
measures may be taken, and such laws enacted by ye Court, as may have 
ye greatest tendency, effectually to redress ye above enumerated griev- 
ances, & in particular that they would instruct this State's Members at 
Congress, to use their influence, & that ye other N. England States be 
requested to join with ye State of New Hampshire in such measures as 
may be thought most likely to obtain a revision of those Resolves afore- 
mentioned, respecting ye officers of ye Continental Army. And we do 
earnestly entreat ye General Assembly of this State, immediately to re- 
peal their act on ye Petition of ye widow of ye late Col Adams afores d ; 
by which she or his heirs are entitled to a pension of half-pay for ye term 
of seven years ; and that ye Court would not in future grant any Petition 
of ye like nature. And we your Petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever 
pray. 

A true copy — Attest : Sail l Howard, Clerk. 

Temple, March 7, 1781. 

From a return 1 of the men the Town had in the Continental 
army, made by Francis Blood, in June of this year, it appears 
that Morris Millet had deserted. In this document occur the 
new names of Thomas Densmore, (who, with Jacob Annis, 
were procured by Win. Searle, and enlisted for Rowley, 



1 Army Eolls. 



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Mass.) Andrew Laic and John Wyman, (both from Peterboro 
Slip.) More than a month previous to this, the Selectmen 
received the communication. 1 — 

" Gentlemen : — I am unfortunate enough to inform you that TVyman, 
who engaged for Temple, has deserted. Conscious to myself that I did 
not fail in my duty, I hope you will therefore put a favorable construction 
upon the matter. I did not deliver any of the money to Wyman, which 
shall be at your command when you call for it. I now hope you will pro- 
duce abetter man. If any, I am sure it will be better. I wish, how sure, 
to see him ready to march. 

Gentlemen, your most obedient and humble servant, 

Benjamin Howe." [?] 

Amherst, 23d of April, 1781. 

In Blood's return, (June) Wyman is not called a deserter. 
Howe was possibly misinformed. 

By an act of the General Court, (Jan. 27) -for raising 
1,400,000 lbs. of beef, towards the support of the continental 
army," Eliphalet Gicldinge, of Exeter, and Francis Blood, 
of Temple, were appointed Collectors General of said beef, 
throughout the State. 

The receipt below is one of a thousand similar ones. 

State of N. Hampshire, ) 
Temple, June 2 d and Oct. 9 th 1781. \ 
"Kec d of the Selectmen Three Beef Cattle, for ye use of the State. 
Weight by Estimation 1297 pounds ; & Feb. 7, 1782, rec d 82 pounds 
of Beef, amounting in ye whole to thirteen hundred & seventy-nine, in 
part of ye proportion of said Town, for ye year 1781, agreeable to an act 
of ye General Court of ye 27 th of Jan. 1781. 

i379 lbs. Francis Blood, Collec r Gen 1 of Beef Cattle. 

April 8, 1782. — "Y.to prosecute y e claim, (laid before y e 
comm ee of safety) to Samuel Nealj 2 a man hired by Philemon 
Duset." 

"Y. y* Esq. Blood be desired to prosecute s d claim to s d 
Neal, and y* y e Town will make him a reasonable considera- 
tion for his service & expense." 

On the 11th of April, 1783, "a Proclamation declaring the 
cessation of Arms," &c, &c, was issued by the Continental 
Congress at Philadelphia. Long before the British had 
evacuated New York, the spirit-stirring music and the tramp 
of militia-men had given place to the shrill complaints of 

1 t. T. 

2 The name of Primus Stuart occurs July 27, 1782, as a " Three Years' Man " mus- 
tered by Capt. Fry. Paid, in specie, £35, 5, 5*. 

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unfortunate tax-payers, and a general piping of all discon- 
tented citizens. The public ear was vexed with the cries of 
innumerous petitioners, some of whom were indeed worthy, 
while others clamored as much without reason as without 
measure. We are unwilling to believe that our fathers helped 
to swell the latter class. As for that matter, none of them 
even sympathized with the insurrectionists of three years 
later, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, a fact which is 
certainly in their favor. Nevertheless, they had their griev- 
ances." 

" October 2, 1783 — Gents : — This day the towns of New Ipswich, 
Peterboro', Temple, Mason and Rindge, in consequence of circular letters 
from the town of New Ipswich, met at Temple by committees, to consult 
upon matters of public grievance, and amongst the many, the following 
bear the heaviest on their minds, viz. : the multiplicity of law-suits, the 
pensioning the officers of the army, and the money at interest not paying 
a due proportion of taxes. The comm ee thought expedient to write to 28 
Towns and yours in particular to meet them by your agent, or- a comm ee 
at Major Wilson's at Peterboro, on Thursday, the 23d inst., at twelve 
o'clock, to consult some measures for the Redress of the above or any 
other grievances. 

By order of the Committees. 

Amos Dakin, Chairman. 

The Selectmen of Temple." 

It seems from this that the Town was indisposed to pension- 
ing soldiers, but the following receipt shows that they meant 
to pay in good sooth what they had agreed to, notwithstanding 
they might so easily have taken an advantage. 

" Rec d of the Selectmen of Temple Four Pounds Four Shillings & Two 
Pence, Two Farthings, Lawful Silver Money, for depreciation on my 
son Amos Fuller's wages in ye Continental army. 

Temple, Aug. 28, 1783. 

his 

Attest, Francis Blood, Benj a Cutter. David X Fuller. 

mark. 

N. B. Out of Jewett's rates." 

This was calculated, no doubt, according to " The Scale of 
Depreciation" reported by a committee chosen for the purpose, 
to the House and Council July 3, 1781, in which all contracts 
previous to the last day of January, 1777, were to be consid- 
ered as silver and gold, and all contracts for paper money 
from the last day of Jan., 1777, to the last day of June, 1781, 
were to be computed in the following manner : 



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1777 


1778 


1779 


1780 


1781 


J anuary, 






*7A O 




T^AA 

/ oou 


1 e binary, 


1 A i 

104 


oou 


bob 


O O O o 

6611 


7500 


Mareb, 


1 A£i 
lUO 


O / O 


1 AAA 

1UUU 


o / do 


7500 


April, 


~t t A 

110 


A A A 

400 


1 1 A i 

1104 


) A A A 

4000 


/ 500 


May, 


1 1 i 

114 


400 


Ulo 


A Q A A 

4b00 


ire AA 

/ oOO 




1 90 

-L — U 


100 


1 319 


oTOO 


1 °000 


July, 


125 


425 


1477 


6000 




August, 


150 


450 


1630 


6300 




September, 


175 


475 


1800 


6500 




October, 


275 


500 


2030 


6700 




November, 


300 


545 


2308 


7000 




December, 


310 


634 


2393 


7300 





1 1 copied this Table accurately from the Original " Act,'' and "will vouch for its cor- 
rectness. I state this because there is a disagreement between this and other 
" Copies " which I have seen in print. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

"Back Preaching" — Settlement of Mr. Webster — His Letter of Acceptance' — His 
Death, Obituary and Will — Protest of Joshua Todd — Deacon John Cragin's Jour- 
ney for Ministers — Settlement of Mr. Miles — " Y e Rev d J. Foster" — Mr. Miles's 
Death — Later Statistics of the Cong. Church — First Sabbath School — The Bap- 
tists — Protest of Thomas Marshall and others — Extracts from the Church Rec- 
ords — Universalists, or the " Union Society " — Ministerial Fund and its Division. 

Oct. 28, 1768. On request of Capt. Z. Drury, the Town 
voted to pay him " 18 shillings " L. M., for going after and 
entertaining ministers " and also for providing for the Fasts. 17 
The Town negatived the article " To see if the Town will 
pay for back preaching." These two votes indicate preaching 
before the incorporation: March 6, 1769. " V. to hier two 
months preaching." July 24. "V. to hold a fast & Capt* 
Zede h Drury to provide." Nov. 27. "V. unanimously to set- 
tle M r Samuel Webster as our minister. V. to give said M r 
Webster fifty pounds L. M., Besides the minister-land as set- 
tlement if he settles as our minister. V. to give s d Mr. Web- 
ster forty-six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence Lawful 
Money, including the Incom or profit of the ministry Land as 
Sallery yearly." Jan. 15,1770. " Y. that s d sallery shall 
Else Six pounds, thirteen shillings & four pence, L. M., the 
second year after he is ordained as their minister & Y. that 
s d sallery shall Rise Six pounds, thirteen shillings & four 
pence Like money in five years from s d ordanation." The 
same addition was also to be made in nine years after. 

More than a year after this, Mr. Webster accepted. 

To the Inhabitants of y? Town of Temple. 

Brethren — I have considered as I have been enabled your Invitation 
to me, given some time ago to settle in the work of y e ministry with you. 

After much enquiry & concern to know y e mind of God, in his provi- 
dence, I would inform you that I am willing to accept of your Invitation. 

And now may the Great Head of church form me, however unwor- 
thy, for this important work : may we have mutual comforts & blessing 
now and each other's rejoicing in the Day of the Lord Jesus. 

Your Friend in y e 

Gospel of Christ. 

Samuel Webster. 

Temple, July 11, 1771. 

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Liberty of improving, if it should be convenient for me, one of y e Par- 
sonage Lotts, — that which may be nearest to y e place I may settle upon. 

I would also request Liberty of absence a few Sabbaths in y e course 
of y e year. S. Webster. 

July 25. The Town answered Mr. Webster's requests 
favorably, and " V. that y e ordination should be on y e first 
Wednesday in Oct. ensuing." Samuel Webster, D. D., of Sal- 
isbury, was one of thirteen clergymen invited to attend. 
The short, but brilliant career of our first minister is unfolded 
in the Oration and Revolutionary chapters of this book. 
How well his people loved him, appears from the obituary 
which Dea. S. Howard makes in his diary. 

"The memory of y e Just is blessed: The Rev d Saml Webster, 
y e Pastor of this Church & Congregation departed this life Aug. 4 th 
1777 & was interred Aug. 6 th 1777." 

" The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser, 
Boston, Thursday, Aug. 21, 1777," contains a very long notice. 

"Died] At Temple the 5 th inst. the Reverend Mr. Samuel Webster, 
Pastor of the Church in that place. He was eldest son of the Reverend 
Mr. Webster of Salisbury. Providence permitted him to labor but a few 
years in his vineyard. He called for him in the prime of life and in the 
midst of his usefulness. It might truly be said of him that he was a 
burning and shining light, the Author of all Good having furnished him 
with uncommon abilities, both of nature and improvement, sanctified, as 
we trust by Divine grace, which he cheerfully devoted to the service of 
the Sanctuary, to the great satisfaction of those who had the happiness to 
share in his gifts. 

In private life he exhibited eminently the character of the sober, 
grave Christian : his conversation became the Gospel he professed and 
preached. The Truths he taught to others appeared to have their genial 
influence upon himself : his mind being impressed with that sober regard 
to God and duty as led him on in a steady even path of Christian con- 
duct. His company was very entertaining and improving. His mind 
was formed for deep inquiries, close and accurate reasonings and solid 
judgment. In his public character his piety and learning shone with 
conspicuous lustre, — his discourses were truly evangelical, calculated to 
engage the attention, inform the judgment and mend the heart. And as 
he was distinguished in most respects, so, particularly, in a steady active 
zeal for the liberties of his country. And although he left us in a dark 
period of our public affairs, yet he expressed a firm persuasion that in the 
best time providence would appear for us. And the only thing that 
seemed to attach him to life was, that he might see the happy day of our 
deliverance. But alas, this shining light was soon quenched. He prom- 



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ised fair to be a great blessing to the church and to the land and especially 
at such a day as this, had providence seen fit to continue him among us : 
but his work was soon finished, and he is gone we trust to receive the 
everlasting rewards of promised peace. His last illness was an inward 
bleeding succeeded by a nervous fever, which soon put an end to his val- 
uable life. His patience and submission were very exemplary under the 
sinkings of nature and visible approach of death. He appeared to have 
an even, calm and humble hope in the divine mercy. The truth with 
which he had comforted others was the comfort of his own heart, living 
and dying. 'T is worthy of remark that his last discourse was from those 
words of the apostle, £ we have here no continuing city, but we seek one 
to come.' As he was soon called to relish the former, so it might be 
said he lived up to the latter. He had almost completed the 34 th year 
of his age and the 6 th of his ministry. He has left a numerous acquain- 
tance, as well as afflicted parents and a bereaved flock, to lament their loss. 
Indeed, the death of this great and good man affects the country at large, 
whose unwearied exertions in the public cause overpowered his feeble con- 
stitution and very probably hastened on his dissolution, so that it may be 
said he gave his life for his country. There is surely reason to adopt the 
Psalmist's language and cry, 'Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth 
and the faithful fail from among the children of men.' " 

Inasmuch as Mr. Webster's " Will " was a public benefac- 
tion, we insert a part of it : 

' ' Imprimis : I give and bequeath to the first settled minister by the 
Town of Temple, after my decease, all that Lot of land, no five, in the 
fifth range of Lots in Temple aforesaid, together with the buildings thereon 
standing, on condition that the town of Temple aforesaid, within three 
months next after my decease give sufficient security to my Honored 
Father, the Reverend M r Samuel Webster of Salisbury in the county of 
Essex and the State of Massachusetts Bay, Clerk, to indemnify and for- 
ever hold harmless my heirs, executors and administrators from all cost and 
charges that may arise to them or either of them by reason of a certain bond 
that I, myself, and others signed about two years and a half ago to the sheriff 
of the county of Hillsboro' conditioned that one Joseph Patterson remain 
a prisoner within the limits of the prison yard. I think it convenient 
and it is my desire that Eleazar Taylor should have liberty to live in my 
house, if he please, till there is a minister settled in this Town and have 
liberty to pasture a cow on the place and winter her free of charge. 
Item : My will is that my just debts and funeral charges be paid by my 
executors out of my movable estate, if sufficient, and if not, that my Lot of 
land no. 24, in the 3 d Range of Lots in Peterboro Slip be sold to help 
pay them, and that if that should be insufficient, that a part of Lot no. 
7, in the 4 th Range be sold to make up a sufficiency to pay them. 
Item : I give the improvement of my Lot no 5, in the 5 th Range exclu- 
sive of what M r Eleazer Taylor hath before assigned to him, until there 
is a minister settled by the Town to Francis Blood and John Cragin 
Jun r . 



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Item : I give the remainder of my estate real and personal to my Hon d 
Father Samuel Webster, which I may die possessed of. 
Item : I do make and ordain Ephraim Heald and Francis Blood Esq_ r . 
and John Cragin Jun r , yeoman, all of Temple aforesaid my sole execu- 
tors " " In witness of this being my last will and testament I have 

hereunto set my hand and seal this 25 th day of July, one thousand seven 
hundred and seventy-seven. Samuel Webster. [Seal.]" 

Sept. 11, 1777. " V: to give bonds agreeable to y e proposals 
of y e last will & Testament of their late Pastor, Mr. Sam 1 
Webster Deceased." Nov. 13. " Y. to be at y e expense of y e 
funeral of our late Pastor." " Y. that y e Salary of our late 
Pastor extend to y e Sabbath after his Decease and Burial." 

The Rev. Messrs. Foster, Enoch Hale, N. Gaylord, Joseph 
Emerson Blytenburge (of Amherst,) Shaw (of Wilton,) and 
Seth Payson supplied the pulpit for the most part, until Mr. 
Miles was settled. Dec. 29, 1778, Joshua Todd enters a 
protest against the settlement of Mr. Gaylord : 

" I, Joshua Todd, an inhabitant of y e Town of Temple, and in Prin- 
ciple a Baptist, conscientiously declines " [change to third person] " giv- 
ing his consent to y e settlement of Mr. Gaylord in Temple, — as he for 
himself judges it inconsistent with y e Gospel of Christ to make any cer- 
tain Bargain, or contract, for the payment of any sum, or sums of money, 
with any minister whatsoever — Therefore he, the s d Joshua Todcl, hereby 
enters his Dissent. Believing it inconsistent with Religious Liberty for 
him to be compell d to pay Taxes for y e support of him or any other min- 
ister settled in such a way — And this dissent he, y e s> d Joshua Todd, 
Demands to be entered in y e Records of y e Town of Temple." 

Mr. Todd, and Thomas and John Marshall entered a sim- 
ilar protest against settling Mr. Emerson in 1780. Doct. 
Whitaker, President Wheelock, and Professor Smith preached 
in 1780. A great deal of time and money was spent in trav- 
elling for ministers. 

Temple, April ye 20th, 1781. 
Y e Town Debtor to John Cragin j r . for a journey to Shewsbury & 
Charlton, in order to procure a minister ; four clays, — at £12. pr day — 
£48. To Lodging £1. 4 s . To Breakfast £1. 16. To 1 glass of 
Brandy & 1 gill of Sling £1. 10 s . To two nights keeping horse £15. 
To four measures of oats £5. 8 s . To horse 60 miles, Old Emission, 
£72. 18 s . 

April 8, 1782. The Town voted to Rev. Noah Miles a sal- 
ary of "£60. L. M. Silver money, at y e rate of six shillings & 
Eight pence pr oz. yearly, during y e present war, — and after 



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that Term an additional sum of £6-13-4 yearly so long as he 
remains our minister and Supplies y e Pulpit, no advantages to 
be taken in consequence of any short sickness or Indisposi- 
tion." Mr. Miles was ordained " in y e new meeting house, not 
yet finished," on " y e first Wednesday of October," 1782. 
Eight churches were applied to for assistance. Sept. 19, 
1785. " V. to stand y e sute with y e Rev d J. Foster of Pack- 
ersfield." He had sued the town for $8. pay for preaching. 
May 31, 1790. "V. that y e Rev. Noah Miles have Liberty to 
invite any deaf persons to set in the pulpit whom he pleases." 
Capt. Zedekiah Drury availed himself of this opportunity. 
Instead of sitting, however, he stood up, which annoyed some 
people exceedingly. 1 After the " Lyndeboro addition," Mr. 
Miles's salary was increased by $20, which made a total of 
$242.22 per annum. "Mr. Miles was an excellent townsman 
and peace-maker, a man of sound doctrine and good precept, 
tie preached 49 years. His last sermon was on his 49th an- 
niversary. He preached more than 4000 written sermons, 
read his Bible through in course 72 times, brought up a large 
family, and gave two of his sons a liberal education. Peace 
be to his ashes. He died Nov. 20, 1831, in the eightieth year 
of his age." 2 The Town signified their love for him, as in 
the case of Mr. Webster, by assuming the expenses of his 
funeral. 

Lawrence's " New Hampshire Churches " contains a sum- 
mary of later church history. 

" Soon after the accession of Mr. Miles, in 1782, the influence of the 
great revival in New Ipswich extended into Temple, and left precious 
and durable results. Mr. Miles was eccentric in his modes of expression 
and illustration, but was held in high respect for probity, consistency 
and decision." " The numbers of members in the churches in the State, 
first enters the minutes of the General Association, in 1819. Temple 
acknowledges, at that time, 65 members. In 1821-2, a very powerful 
work of grace was enjoyed, and the church was much enlarged. About 
50 were added to its communion. It does not again appear in the 
minutes until 1832, after the death of Mr. Miles, and with its numbers 
reduced to about 60. 

" Rev. Leonard Jewett, a native of Hollis, graduated at Dartmouth, in 
1810, was settled here March 6, 1833, and dismissed July 5, 1844. 
Failure of health required his resignation. He enjoyed, to a good 
degree, the affections of his people, and they parted with him with 
regret. He removed to Hollis. In 1833, 10 were added to the church; 



1 Dea. N. Wheeler. 



2 MS. of Wm. H. Howard. 



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in 1836, 38; in 1837, 14; in 1838, 7; and the church numbered 125, 
almost double the membership when he settled. 

" Rev. Walter Follet, a graduate of Middlebury, in 1825, was settled 
here July 25, 1844, and dismissed after about ten years service." 
" Quite a number came into the church during Mr. Follet's ministry. 

"April 25, 1855, Rev. George Goodyear became the pastor of the 
people. The church now embraces (1856) 94 members, in a population 
of 579 souls — 173 less than in 1820. In 1838, about one-fifth of the 
entire population were in this church." 

Sabbath School. — " The first Sabbath school, though not 
a public one, was taught, in 1820-21, by Miss Lucy Rice, 
afterward wife of George F. Farley, Esq. It was taught 
before church in the morning. The exercises consisted in 
the rendering of Scripture passages and hymns previously 
committed to memory." 1 

Baptists. — We should be glad to give a more flattering 
sketch of the Baptist church in Temple; at any rate, we must 
give a truthful one, though no reader thereof could possibly 
recognize in it the Baptist church of to-day. We first present 
a morceau from the Town Trunk. The date must be about 
1784. 

" To the Selectmen in Temple. 

Notice is hereby given that we whose names are under written are 
of the Baptist Persuasion, and meet by ourselves for the Public worship 
of God. Therefore, expect to provide for our own [ ] upon our 

own cost. We have been long burthened with your ministerial taxes, 
and building meeting-houses, and other extravagant charges for such 
things, and we can bear it no longer if we can get rid of it. 

Thomas Marshall, Joseph Richards, 
John Everett, Ebenezer Drury, 

Joshua Todd, David Fuller, Jr. 

EZEKIEL GOODALE." 

The records of this church are now in the hands of Rev. 
Edwin Dibell, of New Ipswich. By his courtesy, we are 
enabled to present copious extracts. 

" By appointment a no. of Brethren of the Baptist Persuasion met at 
the house of Joseph Richards" (in 1782) "for the purpose of imbodying 
into a visable chh.: Elclr. Bailey of Westmoreland present." " Eeb. 
16, 1785, the chh. took under Consideration the case of Sister Rachel 
Bigelow in that she had offended the chh. by going into young Company 
and indulging herself in Carnal mirth." "Aug. 1786, chose Tho s . 
Marshall I)ea." "June 8, 1789. V. to hold the meetings one half 



1 Miss Frances Stiles. 

17 



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of the time at Br. Joshua Todd's, the other half at Br. Jonnth n 
Marshall's for six months." " June 20, intered upon a labour with 
brother Colman about baring burdens with his Brethren." Elder Per- 
kins was perhaps the first preacher of permanence. " Sep*. 28. Eld. 
Perkins was asked, what he thought he must have he said you know 
you maid a Computi what it would take to support my family a year 
an if I cannot have as much I cannot be profitable to you, the 
sum was 31 : pound and after some Labour upon the matter the chh. 
voted they could not give it." At this meeting was "a complaint 
brought in by Sister Lydia Stephens against Sister Poly Baker for 
going into vane company and playing forfits." " Then the chh. voted 
playing forfits was matter of chh. Discipline." Oct. 26, the " chh. 
voted that all things considered Eld. Perkins should have his liberty 
to look out elsewhere to — live." The selectmen in 1790 being 
desired "did not see Cause to remit s d rates" (i. e. taxes) "but 
made a Prisnor of Eld r Perkins." "Nov. 5, 1796. V. to send a 
committy to converse with and try to reclaim Br. Todd from the 
sentiment of Univarsal restoration." " Is it Scriptural under the 
present dispensation to bring musical instruments into the worship of 
God?" "V. that they conceive it" (Universal Restoration) " to be 
a princepal founded on Arminism." March 18, 1797. Mr. Todd was 
" suspended " by a church vote. " Complaint against Sister Butterfield 
for telling stories at one time and contradicting the same stories at 
another." Sept. 17, 1799, Mr. Todd was "excluded" from the 
church. Dec. 6, 1804, Jon a Marshall confessed his error in believing 
in " Univarsal restoration." March 9, 1809. "V. that we believe him" 
(Br. Stratton, who belonged, as several other of this church, in Rindge 
or Jaffrey) "to be in an error in holding that true Believers in Christ 
cannot he in darkness." — Accordingly, the church wrote to him several 
texts of Scripture in illustration of the opposite and true doctrine, the 
last of which was, " the case of Jonah when in the Fishes Belly." 
Nov. 3. Sister Stratton withdrew communion from the church because of 
" Br. Prescott's going and joining with the world's people in the celebra- 
tion of independency." Whereupon a committee is sent to Mr. and Mrs. 
Stratton, who report as follows : — u They say that a chh. of Christ or 
any member cannot have any connection with, hold any office under or 
be anyways promotive of Civil Gov't & their reasons are that the same 
is from & built up by the powers of darkness & will be destroyed. 
3dly — They hold that some part of the Scriptures are not God's word 
but have bin altered by man & that they that have the Spirit of Christ 
or Christ within them can and do have a discernment of those places." 
March 24, 1812. The Strattons were "excluded." "Jan. 3, 1814. 
Y. to divide the Ch. into two distinct Churches and that the Brethren 
and Sisters belonging to the Towns of N. Ipswich & Temple, with 
Sharon members," &c. "compose one ch. by the name of the Baptist 
Ch. in N. I." " The Rindge & Jaffrey members, also make another ch. 
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Baptism. — There was a day appointed for baptism. The 
flood-gate of Searle's mill was drawn, and a number of disci- 
ples were immersed in the deep water below. 1 

Universalists, or the Union Society. — There had been 
Universalists in Temple ever since Peter Heald and Joshua 
Todd. There were so many in 1813 or thereabout that Esq. 
Streeter, of Weare, preached to them 1 for a considerable 
period. It was not, however, until after the death of Mr. 
Miles that an organization was effected. In 1832, they made 
a Constitution with this Preamble : 

" We the undersigned being desirous, and deeming it a duty to 
promote the pure Doctrine of Christianity and support the preaching of 
Liberal Sentiments, do hereby form and arrange ourselves into a Society, 
pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of this State, passed July 3 d , 
1827, to be known by the name of The Union Society in Temple." 
Here follow certain " Rules & Regulations," mostly financial. " To all 
which Rules & Byelaws we have hereunto set our hands, this Twentieth 
day of February, in the year of our Lord, one Thousand Eight Hundred 
and Thirty-Two." 

This is signed by Benj. Whiting, David Stiles, Elbridge G-. 
Cutter, Augustus Cragin, Martin Heald, and fifty others. We 
must here insert, what we have now the best opportunity to 
do, that, principally from the sale of the Town Lands, a 
Ministerial Fund had arisen, which, in 1833, amounted to 
$3,174.45 and interest. This fund belonged to the Town, 
which will explain the following vote in Town Meeting, Sept., 
1833: — " V. that the Interest arising from the Parsonage 
Fund be divided between the Two Societies in s d Town, 
according to the Valuation of the members thereof." Also, 
Oct. 1833, " V. (on motion in writing by Esq. Searle) to 
choose a com ee to equalize the time that each of the 
religious Societies iu s d Town shall respectively occupy the 
meeting-house, (until otherwise ordered) and at what season 
of the year; and, in making s d equalization, regard shall be 
had to the interest that each of s d Societies sustains in 
s d house, and if there are any person, or persons, not mem- 
bers of either of s d Societies, who have an interest in s d 
house, they, or any of them, shall be at full liberty to add 
their interest, or right, to which of s d Societies they may 
think proper, in making s d proportion." The Selectmen 



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were chosen this Committee. In Dec., 1833, appear the 
Respective Town orders. " John Ball, as Treasurer for the 
Cong. Church and Society, for their share of the interest of 
the Parsonage Fund, $148.61." " Benj. Whiting, as Treasurer 
for the Union Society, for their share of the interest of the 
Parsonage Fund, $41.85." The agreement, in respect to the 
use of the meeting-house, was, that the Union Society should 
occupy it one fourth of the time, or every fourth Sunday, and 
the Congregational Society three fourths of the time. 1 If either 
neglected, the day was forfeited. The hall of the house 
then belonging to Ephraim W. Blood, was frequently occu- 
pied by that Society, which, for the time being, was at dis- 
advantage of the meeting-house. 

In 1841, and after, this quite respectable ministerial fund 
was divided among the inhabitants, $600.00 and $1200.00 at 
a time, like " Surplus Revenue," but unfortunately irrecovera- 
ble. Sept. 11, 1841, the Union Society " Y. to build a meet- 
ing-house." 2 There has been little or no preaching since 
1853. 

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CHAPTER X. 

MEETING HOUSES. 

First Meeting-house, 1769-71 — Second Meeting-house, 1779-84 — Subscription of 
Lambs — Sale of old M. H. — Subscription to ornament the Pulpit — Stables, 
Stoves — Unfortunate Family — Third Meeting-house. 

Two months after the Incorporation, and at the third town- 
meeting, Oct. 28, 1768, "V. To build a meeting-house 30 feet 
wide, and 30 feet long, with a 12 foot stud, and to set it near 
the coal-pit on that hill. 1 Chose Cap* Eph m Heald, Tho s Mar- 
shall, & Eben r Drury to provide materials to build s d House." 
Feb. 14, 1769, it was in the warrant " To see if they could agree 
with Cap* Drury for land to set a meeting-house on," but they 
were unable to agree. March 27, 1769, some wanted a larger 
house, but they couldn't get a vote to that effect. "V. To 
take a proper deed of Cap* Drury " — " & pay him three 
pounds, nine shillings &four pence, Lawful, for two acres & a 
half of Land for ye Town." « May ye 21 st , 1770, V. To build 5 
windows in the meeting-house, & build one pair of stairs, and 
ceil the house to the gallery-girts & against the pulpit ceil to 
the plate, & lay the gallery floor, and make the seats. Chose 
Benj a Cragin, Oliver Heald, & Eph m Brown, to let out the 
meeting-house, as a Comm ee ." The " 5 windows " must have 
been distributed 2 in this way : two in front, one upon each 
side, and one behind the pulpit. Dec. 24, 1770, "V. the 
present Selectmen a comm ee to seat the meeting-house." March 
4, 1771, "V. To move the gallery cells." Nov. 13, 1777, "V. 
To repair ye seats," " and to get some glass to repair ye win- 
dows." The total cost of the first meeting-house was not far 
from £29, L. M. 

Dec. 1, 1779, "V. To set a new meeting-house at ye Spot where ye 
old meeting-house now stands, or as near as may be convenient." " V. 
To choose a com. of five to make a draf* for s d meeting-house. Chose 
Messrs. Francis Cragin, Abr m Dinsmore, Benj. Tenney, S. R. Sticknee, 
Ens. B. Cutter." Dec. 15, 1779, " Y. To accept ye plan of a meeting- 
house as drawn by a comm ee for that purpose, viz : 55 f* in length, 42 f* 
in width, and 24 f* posts. V. Y* ye meeting-house be set on ye place or 

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spot where it was before voted, namely, on ye 5 th Lot in ye 4 th Range." 
" V. Y t ye comm ee " (Francis Cragin and eight others) " procure materials 
as cheap as may be, &c." Nov. 20, 1780, " Y. To raise £12,000, in- 
cluding ye £2,000 already voted." Dec. 14, 1780, "V. To impower 
ye comm ee to let out ye materials for building ye meeting-house, & to set 
'em up to ye lowest bidder in s d town. V. To state ye articles to be let 
out upon Rye, at 4s. p r Bushel. Y. To cut timber upon ye Ministerial 
Lands for building ye meeting-house. Chose a comm ee of four to stake 
out ye spot for ye meeting-house : Esq. Blood, Ens. B. Cutter, L* Benj. 
Cragin, & M r Ezekiel Jewett." 

June 25, 1781, " Y. To raise £90. L. M., regulated by Rye at 4s. p r 
Bushel. Y. That ye above assessment be made in ye New Emission, 
accounting 3 Dollars a bushel for Rye." A Subscription List 1 has been 
found, of peculiar interest in this connection. 

" Inasmuch as there is no Tax made to enable the Coram 06 to procure 
Necessaries for, and for defraying ye charges of the meeting-house, it is 
found necessary that something be advanced for present expense. If 
any person advance any sum, or Lambs, to be agreed for, estimated & 
received by either of ye comm ee , & ye price of ye Lambs, or the sums 
subscribed shall be deducted out of ye 1 st Tax made for the meeting- 
house, equivalent to what they agree for. 

S. Howard, ~) 

Jn° Cragin, Jr., >- Selectmen of Temple. 
F. Blood, ) 

Temple, Aug. 3, 1781." 

Jn° Cragin, Jr., 1 Lamb. S. Howard, 1 Lamb. 

Eben r Edwards, 1 Dollar. Francis Cragin, 1 Lamb. 

Ezekiel Jewet, 1 Lamb. Nath 1 Shattuck, 5s. 4d. 

Eph m Heald, £1. 4s. Gideon Powers, 1 Sheep. 

W m Drury, 1 Sheep. Benj. Cragin, 1 Lamb. 

Aaron Felt, 1 Lamb. Nath 1 Ball, 1 Lamb. 

Nath 1 Ball, Jr. 1 Lamb. Benj a Cutter, 1 Dollar. 

Tho s Richards, 2 Lambs. Isaac Butterfield, 9s. 

Jacob Putnam, ) ^ ^ Levi Pierce,- 1 Dollar. 

Eliot Powers, J ^ Z ' UU ' W m Fletcher, 1 Dollar. 

Tim Asten (?), 1 Lamb. Peter Felt, £1. 9s. 

Stephen Parlin, 1 Lamb. John Patterson, 1 Lamb. 

Jon a Avery, 1 Lamb. Sam 1 Burnap, $2.00. 

Aug. 27, 1781. "Y. To move ye old meeting-house to convene the 
setting up of ye new one. Y. To move s d house ye next Monday." 
Sept. 3, 1781, "V. To apply to Peterbor , N. Ipswich, & Wilton, for 15 
men for raisers each, & 5 from ye Slip. Y. To begin ye raising of ye 
meeting-house on Tuesday, ye 11 th day of Sep 4 ., inst. Y. Y* ye whole 
Town attend on s d day. Y. To choose a comni ee of Three to provide for 
ye Raisers, &c. Y. Y* ye hands to be applied to be desired to attend 
on ye evening of ye 11 th inst., as above. Chose Maf Eph m Heald, 

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Mess TS John Patten & Ezekiel Jewet for s d comm ee . V. Y* Abijah 
Wheeler provide for ye workmen & raisers belonging to this Town. V. 
Y* ye Selectmen deal out Liquors to ye workmen on s d day for raising. 
V. Y* Porches be raised with ye meeting-house at ye Expense of ye Town, 
with this Proviso : that Maj r Heald, or any other gentleman (who has 
offered it), will be at ye expense of s d porches for ye Pew-ground that 
they will save in case ye Town chooses it when completed." Nov 31, 

1781, " Y. To raise £300. L. M., &c." Dec. 6, 1781, " Y. To make 
Sale of rum, Shingles, &c, to ye highest bidder this night. V. To sell 
s d rum by ye gallon. V. That ye Vendue be held at Mr. Aaron Felt's, 
Innholder. Y. That Esq. Blood be Vendue-Master." Dec. 10, 1781. 
" Y. That pews be sold as if built, to defray ye charges of finishing ye 
meeting-house. Y. To build one tier of pews in the galleries, & two 
tiers of pews in ye Bodies below, & one tier of D° across ye End." 
Dec. 18, 1781, "V. That Esq. Blood serve as Vendue-Master for ye 
Sale of s d pews to ye highest bidder, for hard money," &c. "V. That each 
Purchaser pay immediately to ye Vendue-Master, by money or note, four 
hard dollars, which sum is to be forfeited to ye use of ye town, if ye 
Purchaser refuse to take a Deed and give security, when demanded, & 
ye pews set up to sale again. V. To reserve for ye use of ye town, ye 
pew adjoining ye pulpit stairs. V. That ye Purchaser make choice of 
his pew immediately after s d pew is struck off. V. That ye Vendue- 
Master have equal liberty to bid with ye rest of ye Town. V. That no 
Deed shall be good after it's conveyed to any person out of Town." 
Dec. 28, 1781, "V. To colour ye Meeting-house, in its several parts, 
agreeable to Wilton meeting-house colours, or as near as may be, by ye 
last day of Oct r next." 

Jan. 7, 1782, " V. That ye Town procure door-stones for ye Meeting- 
house. V. Y* doors be made at ye ends of ye Porches. V. Y l Abijah 
Wheeler take ye meeting-house to finish at £630. L. M." Jan. 28, 

1782, "V. Y* ye Selectmen give securities to Abijah Wheeler, &c." 
May 20. "V. That Mr. Jewet take ye Meeting-house to finish for 
ye same y* M r Wheeler was to do it, viz : £630. L. M., hard Money." 
June 3. " V. That ye Selectmen give Mr. E. Jewet security," &c, &c. 

Oct. 7, 1783, "V. To provide door-stones for ye Meeting-house 
agreeable to dimensions, viz : Front Door-Stone 7 J f* long & 2 f l wide, 
not less than 8 inches & not more than 10 do. thick. The West South- 
Porch door-stone 6 j fMong, 4 f*wide. The East do. 6^- fMong, 4 f*wide. 
West-end-Porch door stone 5 ft long & 4 f * wide, & not less than 6 inches 
thick. East do. 5 f* long & 4 f* wide ; each to be handsomely 
placed by ye last of May next, by the person or persons bidding off ye 
same, & that all encumbrances of Shavings be fully removed from ye 
meeting-house in three weeks from ye 20 th of Oct. next, by ye Town & 
Mr. Jewet." Oct. 20. " And then proceeded to ye vendue of ye old 
Meeting-house." "The s d house to be moved off of ye common within 
six months, or s d house to be forfeited to ye Town's use ! S d House 
being put up accordingly, was struck off, with all thereunto belonging, to 
Francis Blood, Esq r . at 27 Dollars &. a half. Then proceeded to put up 



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ye Door-Stones & Shavings agreeable to ye foregoing articles or i demen- 
tions: " [" Shavings bid off by John Burnap, a* 13s. 6d."] 

One can imagine how many times John Burn-ap's name was 
played upon in connection with these shavings. " John, Bum- 
up the shavings," no doubt, said the punsters of 1783. 

Dec. 10. "V. Not to accept ye meeting-house as finished 
by Mr. Jewet. Y. To choose a comm ee of Three to confer 
with Mr. Jewet with regard to finishing ve meeting-house. 
Chose L*. B. Cragin, F. Blood, Esq., & Jn° Cragin for s d 
comm ee ." Jan. 7, 1784, " Y. That Mr. E. Jewet, agree with ye 
above s d comm ee with regard to ye completion of ye meeting- 
house. Y. To adjourn." What could be more summary 
than this ! May 26. " Y. To get 4 Door-stones more for ye 
meeting-house, Porches, &c, and put up immediately to Yen- 
due. One struck off to Cap* Drury, length 4f 3 in., width 
not less than 15, nor more than 18 in., thickness 7 or 9 in., 
at 13s., for ye West Porch. Another, same size, to S. R. 
Sticknee, at 12s., for ye East do. Another do. to Cap* Drury, 
3 f 1 & 3 in. long, the same width & thickness with ye above s d , 
at lis., and another do., to S. R. Sticknee, at 12s." Aug. 25, 
" Y. To accept ye meeting-house upon ye terms proposed, viz : 
that Mr. E. Jewet give up to ye Town ye one half of ye c£28 
note, & one half of ye other half to Mr. Benf Tenney." 
" That it be wharfed up both ye East & West ends of ye meet- 
ing-house, six P from ye door-stones, & six f* from ye north 
side, to be decently faced with stone, & leveled with gravel 
from ye Bottom of ye under-pinning, a little descending from ye 
house, also from ye front door to ye East end." These wharves 
answered for the otherwise necessary horse-blocks, 1 and hence 
there were none at this meeting-house, as usual in those 
times. There is a full account preserved of the amount of 
work each man did, the materials he furnished,, the particular 
part of the labor he performed, and the price he received 
therefor; but, however interesting it might be, our limits for- 
bid its being published. 17,000 board and 31,000 shingle 
nails were purchased, certainly ; one Barrel of Rum at Wilton, 
and two at Temple, Two Pitchers, six mugs, Five pints W. I, 
Rum, and a cwt. weight of sugar were procured for " the 
Raising." Birch-bark was laid on the cracks before shingling. 
Plates, Girts, King-posts, Cock-tennon posts, prick-posts, and 
" studing," are spoken of. Ropes were procured from Boston, 



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others from Peterboro. It is a matter of some difficulty to 
arrive at the total cost of the house. A laborious computa- 
tion makes it little more or less than £937. From the time 
they first began to talk of it and vote on it, to the final wharf- 
ing thereof, the Town was nearly five years in completing the 
edifice ; but, one must remember, they were jive years of civil 
and Revolutionary war. In 1796, the Town voted " .£60 for 
painting 1 ye meeting-house next year." Aug., 1797, "V. To 
procure a Conducting-Rod for ye meeting-house." 1806, " V. 
To purchase a Large Bible by the Selectmen & ch s comm ee ." 
It was about this time that a subscription was made, as 
follows : 

"Temple, Sept. 4, (year, doubtful.) 



" We, the Subscribers, being desirous to procure something to orna- 
ment the pulpit in the meeting-house, do voluntarily and cheerfully sub- 
scribe the several sums set against our respective names : 



Noah Miles - 


- $1.00 


Arclr 5 Cummings 


- SI. 00 


Elias Colburn 


1.00 


Sam 1 Howard 


.50 


John Ball 


1.00 


Daniel Searle 


1.00 


Francis Blood 


1.00 


Ebenezer Edwards - 


1.00 


Arch 8 Cummings - 


1.25 


James Crombie 


1.00 


Nath 1 Barrett 


1.00 


S. R. Sticknee 


.50 


Will. Howard 


1.00 


Sam 1 Stearns 


1.00 


Steph. Cragin 
George Dodge 


.50 


Benj. Cragin 


.50 


.50 





1813. " V. That the two hack-seats be given up for the pur- 
pose of building pews." There were four seats immediately 
in front of the pulpit, designed for aged people. The 11 two 
back-seats " were the rear ones of these four. 2 In 1817-18, 
they were discussing in Town-meeting the color they would 
paint the meeting-house. Great anxiety was expressed " to 
have something that would nH fade." Caleb Maynard said, 
"Well, you want a color that won't fade, you say, — here is 

, he has been drinking it 40 years and his face grows 

brighter and brighter : I move you, Sir, it be new-rum color ! " 3 
The old (2d) meeting-house stood three or four rods east of 
the present one, and the first meeting-house a little north of 
that. 3 They were respectively in such positions, that there 
seemed to be no appropriate place upon which to build stables ; 

1 This was not done until 1799. The cost was $469.03. 

2 Dea. N. Wheeler. 

3 James Killam and others. 

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nevertheless, a few were erected, though after a deal of con- 
troversy. The first stables were ten feet square, and large 
enough to convene two horses ; no carriages were admitted, 
and indeed, there was little necessity, for people at that time 
usually- rode on horseback. It was not until 1828 or '29, that 
the people would allow stoves in the church. Mr. Miles was 
very much opposed, and it was doubtless owing to Dea. N. 
Wheeler's experiment of a brick affair, the heat whereof was 
conducted through the school-house in his district by a funnel, 
that Mr. Miles, who saw this and was pleased with it, finally 
became persuaded to enjoy the luxury of a stove or two in 
the meeting-house. The principal objection had been the bad 
air, which it might occasion ; and, I believe, Mr. Miles jocosely 
filed in, that the people were sleepy enough already. A certain 
family felt the heat so much one day that, after a desperate 
use of that old-fashioned bundle of goose-quills, the family fan, 
(which was always passed round from one to another like a 
snuff-box,) the little army of a dozen, debouched from the ob- 
noxious pew into the main aisle, and, though severely enfi- 
laded by five hundred eyes, made good their way to the cool 
outer pillars of " ye porches." What was their chagrin, at 
the close of the service, on being assured by the sexton that 
not a spark of fire was in the stove, and there had been none 
all day. 1 

In 1839, the Town sold all " their right in the meeting- 
house (as a place of religious worship & the privileges, &c." 
— "reserving the right to use the House for all Town-meet- 
ings forever") to Cap* David Felt, for $107.00. Mr. Felt 
was agent for the Congregational Society : he was to keep the 
house in repair, else it reverted to the town. As the Con- 
gregational Society soon after .built a commodious church, Mr. 
Felt suffered the old one to go out of repair, 2 and the reversion 
followed. The Town then sold it, and in 1850 had received 
about $300 for it. On July 4th, 1857, a bell costing $400, 
(one half of which the. citizens subscribed, the other half Hon. 
Wm. Appleton of Boston, and Hon. Daniel Pratt of Prattville, 
Ala.,) was hung in the belfry. The liberality of these gentle- 
men will always be remembered with gratitude. 

In 1841-42, the Union Society built a meeting-house: par- 
ticulars will be found in the Oration and Ecclesiastical 
History. 

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CHAPTER XI. 

POLITICAL HISTORY. 

Freeholders— Capt. F. Blood, Representative — Instructions — N. H. Constitutions — 
A memorable Petition to the General Court — Capt. E. Edwards, Representative — 
Electoral Votes — Votes on sundry State Questions. 

Oct. 2, 1770: " Y. that all Freeholders vote in this meet- 
ing.'' This was the first vote of the kind, and was repeated 
in 1770 and '71. March 2, 1772 : "V. to purge the meeting." 
Dec. 9, 1776: " V. unanimously to choose a Representative 
according to precept." The inhabitants, legal voters of Peter- 
boro and Temple, then " Chose Capt. Francis Blood for said 
Representative." A Representative was chosen biennially 1 
until 1796, when the election was annual. The year 1781, 
however, was an exception, Francis Blood " going to court " 
as usual. Mr. Blood was sent in 1776 and 1778 by Peterboro 
and Temple; in 1780, '81, and '82 by Peterboro, Temple, and 
Peterboro Slip. Representatives were afterward chosen by 
Temple and the Slip [or Sharon] merely, until 1797. 

March 3, 1777 : " Y. to clause a Comm ee to give instructions to Cap* 
Blood, our present Rep. at the Gen. Court." " Chose Eev'd Mr. Web- 
ster, Messrs. Joshua Todd, Sam 1 Howard, John Cragin, Jr., & David 
Spafford." 

May 28, 1781 : " Y. to send 'a delegate to Convention at Concord, 
agreeable to precept for y e Purpose of Laying a permanent Plan or Sys- 
tem of Government, for y° future Happiness & Well-being of y e good 
people of this State.' " " Chose Messrs. Jno. Cragin, Francis Blood, 
Benj a Cragin, S. Howard & Aaron Felt, either of them for s d delegate." 

Nov. 3, 1786 : " Y. not to have paper monies upon y e Plan 
of y e Assembly." This plan was proposed by a committee 
of the Legislature, and the rejection of this plan was doubt- 
less connected with the insurrection 2 in New Hampshire this 
year, which was headed by " Moses French of Hamstead, aided 

1 It is quite possible that the other towns which voted with Temple sent the Repre- 
sentative alternate years, though no full record exists in the Town Books. The early 
Peterboro Records are missing. 

2 For an account of this insurrection, see " Farmer and Moore's Hist. Coll." vol. III., 
p. 356. Benj. Spaulding and Elisha Child, who afterward came to Temple, are said to 
have been somehow concerned in the Shays' Rebellion, but stood on the Government 
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by one Cochrane [a Major of Militia] " and corresponded to 
Daniel Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts the same year. Thig 
vote of the town shows little sympathy with that turbulent 
minority which, abandoning argument and petition, carried 
clubs and stones to the Capitol, and sought redress on the 
threshold of a civil war. 

May 28, 1787: " V. y* y e Selectmen make some provision 
as necessary for y e Representative, by monies." 

Aug. 27, 1792: "Y. by 59 votes to reject y e proposed 
amendments to the Constitution." The Constitution was, 
nevertheless, revised this year. 

The First New Hampshire Constitution was adopted in 
1776 ; the Second was proposed in 1779 j the Third was sent 
out to the people in 1781; the Fourth was adopted in .1783, 
and revised in 1792. 1 At the "First Session under the new- 
Constitution" (1784) of the "Honorable House of Repre- 
sentatives of the State of New Hampshire," and on the 9th 
day of June, 1784, Francis Blood was elected by joint ballot 
of Senate and House of Representatives a " Counsellor for 
this State." The Property Basis, mentioned below, was con- 
tinued in the Constitution of '83 and '92. 

" To the Selectmen of Temple in the County of Hillsborough in said 
State, Greeting : You are hereby required to notify the Legal Inhabitants 
paying Taxes in the Town of Temple aforesaid, [giving them fifteen 
Days notice] to meet at some convenient Place in said Town, to vote for 
one Person, being a reputable Freeholder and Inhabitant in your County, 
having a Ileal Estate of Two Hundred Pounds, to serve as a JSIemher 
of the Council for the year ensuing. And the Clerk of your Town is 
hereby directed to seal up all such Votes under Cover and send them to 
Amherst, in your County, by the first Thursday of March next, directed 
to Joshua Bailey, Nahurn Baldwin and Francis Blood, Esq'rs., a Com- 
mittee appointed to receive them. 

Dated at Exeter the 24th Day of January, 1781. 

M. Weare, President. 

In 1799, as is elsewhere stated, a petition was preferred to 
the Senate and House of Representatives for the privilege of 
re] resentation. The Petition sets forth that " by reason of 
cei ain Emigrations of the young men in said Temple to vari- 
ous parts of the new Countries the last year, they now have 
but 146 2 rateable Polls in said Town;" also, that there 

By this Constitution Temple was included in Senatorial District No. IX. 
2 A lack of only four polls to complete the basis. 



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were many in town over. 70 years of age, who, though taxed 
for their property, were not taxable for their polls. This was 
signed by over one hundred voters, beginning with Samuel 
Howard, and the town " V. by Ballot unanimously for Eben r . 
Edwards as agent to prefer s d Petition." The prayer thereof 
was granted June 10, 1799, and in August following " Chose 
Eben r . Edwards to represent the Town " accordingly. 

The town has been Federalist, Whig, American and Repub- 
lican, in politics. The Democrats and Republicans to-day, 
however, are more nearly equal. The annexed table exhibits 
some of the electoral votes. 

TOWN VOTES FOE THE ELECTORS OF — ■ 



1804. 


Thomas Jefferson . . 


27 


1808. 


James Madison 


17 


1812. 


it a 


20 


1816. 




26 


1828. 


Andrew Jackson . . . 


31 


1832. 


<< u 


40 


1836. 


Martin Yan Buren. 


35 


1840. 


W m . H. Harrison. . 


90 


1844. 


James K. Polk. . . . 


48 


1848. 


Za chary Taylor. . . . 


47 


1852. 


Franklin Pierce. . . . 


49 


1856. 


James Buchanan . . 


54 



The opposing candidate . . 64 

" 81 

De Witt Clinton Ill 

Rufus King 72 

John Q. Adams 93 

Henry Ciay 85 

The opposing candidates. 59 

Martin Yan Buren 51 

Henry Clay 46 1 

Lewis Cass 3G 2 

Winfield Scott 32 3 

John C. Fremont 63 4 



SUNDRY VOTES. 

1820: "Y. to take the Census of the Town respecting a 
division of the County." There were 21 votes for, and 36 
against the Division. The vote was taken at the time Merri- 
mac County was set off. 

1836: The vote of the Town on the question, "Is it expe- 
dient to build an Insane Hospital ? " was, yeas 39, navs 24. 

1837: The Town Clerk writes, "Nathan Wheeler has 
lodged with Treasurer a note elated March 13, 1837, signed 
by William Jewett and two sufficient securities for the sum 
of $591.27, being the surplus revenue 5 of the United States 
deposited with the town of Temple, agreeably to an act of 
the Legislature of New Hampshire, passed January 13, 1837." 

1 The Electors of J. G. Birney, the candidate of " The Third " or " Free-Soil Party," 
had 15 votes. 

2 Third Party votes, 20. 

3 " " « 27. 

4 Old Whig votes, 5." ' 

5 On the subject of surplus revenue see " Sibley's Hist, of Union," pp. 269, 270. 



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In 1846, the Town vote on the question, " Is it expedient to 
receive the surplus revenue belonging to the State of New 
Hampshire?" was, yeas, 66; nays, 2. 

In 1844, the Town voted, 21 in favor of, and 62 against 
abolishing capital punishment. 

1848 : " V. that the Town instruct their Representative to 
recommend to the Court of Common Pleas to provide at the 
Expense of the County such lands and buildings and other 
articles as may be necessary for the support of the poor 
chargeable to the County." 

In 1850 it was in the warrant, "To see if the Town will 
vote to have the County Poor Farm sold and the proceeds 
thereof placed in the Treasury of said County:" Yeas, 68; 
Nays, 13. 

The votes for Chief Magistrate and Representatives are 
given hereafter in a table. 



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CHAPTER XII. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

Military List — Minute-men, 1795 and 1798 — War of 1812, Portmouth and Plattsburg 
Volunteers — Maj. Blood and the Recruiting Officer — Solomon Cutter and Maj. 
Jo. Stone, Muster-day — Daniel Heald, (Capt.) — Earle Searle, (Capt.) — Maj. 
John Dudley — Militia Law. 

The following List of Military Characters who have 
belonged to the Town, is mostly procured from the Tax- 
Lists, and arranged chronologically : — 



1775. 

Ens'n Benj. Cutter, 
L*. G-ershom Drury, [Capt. 1777.] 
Cap*. Zedekiah Drury, 
L*. Benj. By am, 
L*. Thomas Marshall, 
Maj r . Eph m . Heald, 
Capt. Francis Blood, [Col. 1789, 
Gen. 1795.] 

1777. 
L*. Benj. Cragin, 
Ens 11 . Francis Cragin, — 
Ens 11 . Joseph Kidder, 
Capt. Rob*. Fletcher, 
Ens n . Peter Fletcher, 
L*. Ezekiel Goodale, [Capt. 1784.] 

1784. 

Cap*. Eben r . Edwards, 
L*. Eph m . Conant. 

1788. 

Ens 11 . Sampson Walker, 
L*. Oliver Whiting, _ 

1789. 
L*. A. Cummings, 
Capt. Abijah Wheeler, [Maj. 1795, 
Col. 1798.] 



1795. 

Serg*. Levi Adams, 

L*. Francis Blood, (F. B. Jr.) 

[Maj. 1799.] 
Ens 11 . John Ball, 
Capt. Elias Boynton, 
Ens 11 . Jonas Brown, 
Serg*. John Cragin, [Lt. 1802, 

Capt. 1803.] 
L*. Daniel Heald, [Capt. 1798.] 
Ens 11 . Joseph Searle. . 

1797. 
L*. Nath 1 . Barrett. 

1798. 

L*. Nath 1 . Jewett, [Capt. 1802.] 
1799. 

Serg*. Seth Blood, [Lt. 1803.] 
1801. 

Ens 11 . Peter Powers, [Capt. 1814.] 
L*. Artemas Wheeler. 

1803. 

L*. Arch 8 . Cummings, (A. C. Jr.) 
[Capt. 1807.] 



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1804. 

L*. Jonathan Cutter, 

Maj r . Benj. Cutter, (B. C. Jr.) 

1807. 

Ens 11 . Geo. W. Hawkins, [Lt. 1809, 

Capt. 1810.] 
IA Israel Maynard, [Capt. 1809.] 

1809. 
IA Eph m . Blood, 
IA William Howard. 



II. 



1814. 
Smith. 



1815. 

IA Earle Searle, [Capt. 1816.] 
Cap*. Nathan Wheeler. 

1816. 

Cap*. Francis Cragin. 

1817. 

Cap 1 . David Felt, 
Gen. James Miller. 

1820. 

IA N. Holt, [Capt. 1823.] 
1822. 

Adj. J. Gray, [Capt. 1825.] 



1795. " V. to give some encouragement to those who may Enlist as 
Minute-men. V. to make up in addition to ye wages voted by Congress, 
nine dollars pr. month, whenever called to actual service, to each 
individual who may Enlist, and two dollars to each as soon as properly 
equipt & attested by ye Militia Officers." This was in prospect of war 
arising from difficulties afterward settled by Jay's Treaty. 1798. " V. 
to give each soldier who may Enlist agreeably to orders as Minute-men, 
$5.00 as bounty upon marching & to make up to each soldier $10.00 
p r month, wages, including ye Continental allowance." 

It was no inglorious part which Temple took in the war of 
1812; more especially when we consider the insignificant 
quotas of other towns. In August of 1812, a draft of five 
men was made, Portsmouth being their destination. These 
were Alfred Heald, Benj. Darling, Luther Wright, Jeremiah 
Davis and Nathan Holt. A second draft of five men, viz., 
Jonathan Spaulding, Joshua Parker, Horace Emery, (he was 
a Sergeant at Portsmouth,) Larkin Mason and Josiah Patten, 
was made in September, and they arrived at Portsmouth on 
the 1st day of October. 1 The brothers James and Jesse 
Patten were, at this period, residing in Plattsburg, New 
York. James was engaged in the battle there ; Jesse enlisted, 
but saw no active service. A very handsome rifle, inscribed, 
was presented to the former for his service on this memora- 
ble 1 ten days.' Ira Heald and Timothy Hall, 2 of Temple, 
were also on service "to the westward:" where, in particu- 
lar, I do not know; but, if not with Gen. Miller, 3 there were 



1 Jonathan Spaulding. 

2 Oliver Boynton, New Ipswich. 

3 We reserve the "Gallant Old Genera 
of him in the latter portion of this book. 



's" connection with this war for our sketch 



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men of Temple in four different sections of the country at this 
time. ^Vhat other town can say as much ? 

March, 1815. " V. to make up the Soldiers that went to Portsmouth 
$12.00 p r month, including the Gov*, pay." 

At the commencement of the war, an officer came round 
beating up recruits. "Recruiting officers " have so long been 
representatives of the unscrupulous principle as to have 
nearly passed into a proverb. Their victims are usually the 
simple, the debauched, or the over-patriotic. Jonas Lowell 
was thoroughly finished after the first pattern. Plied, by 
the recruiting Epaulet, with "New England," (which he was 
all too fond of) Jonas had little time to spare, in good sooth, 
before he was over brains in the liquor. The spotless parch- 
ment was presented, and Jonas was about to sign as well as 
he could, under the circumstances, at the bottom, when Major 
Blood, happening to come in, and comprehending the hazard 
of poor Lowell at a glance, interfered with all the prompti- 
tude of his shrievalty. The recruiting officer called him " a 
d — d Tory ! " and challenged him to fight. No less shrewd 
than his namesake the General, he at once conceived the 
officer's position, and knew that, if they encountered before 
witnesses, the Epaulet would have the advantage, as, whether 
whipped or not, he might take refuge in his governmental 
immunities. He therefore requested him to come out behind 
the unwindowed buildings, and he would settle with him. 
They went accordingly, but soon returned to those who had 
stayed behind at the wink of Mr. B., neither of them, for obvi- 
ous reasons, willing to say anything of the issue. The pre- 
sumption was, from the appearance of both, that the Epaulet 
was a Raw -Kecr ui ting-m an now if ever, and that Mr. B. had 
whipped. Lowell, at any rate, was saved. 1 u Maj" Joseph 
Stone said some very good things, occasionally. During the 
"Jackson times," Solomon Cutter was conversing with him, 
when some one suggested that if Jackson was elected there 
would be war. "OA," said the 1 Major/ 2 ''there'll never he war 
in Temple ! " 

Muster-days, on which the whole or nearly the whole regi- 
ment appeared in full dress, are fresh in the recollections of 
even young men. The gambling and the drinking; the tumult 
of so many voices, and the roar of cannon ; gingerbread and 



1 Oliver Boynton, New Ipswich. 

19 



2 Wm. Loomis, New Ipswich. 



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cider booths ; button, whip and soap hucksters ; auctioneers 
of every thing, are all remembered. Muster-day was com- 
monly in October. 

The average expenses of the Temple company, on one of 
these days of gala, was near $30.00. This was paid by the 
Town. 

"Oct. 24, 1807. Daniel Searle allowed $24.98 for supplying the 
Company and part of the troop with powder and necessary refreshment 
on Muster-day." Oct. 9, 1809. "An order drawn in favor of Daniel 
Searle for the Muster Expenses," of $30.44. 

In 1798, Capt. Daniel Heald commanded eighty soldiers in 
Temple. 1 All these were in complete uniform, and made a 
very distinguished appearance. About 1816, it was given in 
that the Temple company, under Earle Searle, Captain, was 
ahead of anything in the region. Fifty men was the average 
complement. 

In 1817, the officers, Cap*. Sam 1 . Emery, IA Nath 1 . Holt, and 
Ens n . Jonas Brown, furnished, at an expense to themselves of 
over $100.00, some fine 1 head-dresses ' for their company. 2 
These were made of bear-skin, possibly chapeaux bras, the 
only inflexible thing about them being a pasteboard frontlet, 
surmounted by an eagle, argent. A starred leathern cock- 
ade, 3 ornamented the left side, while an abundance of crimson 
cord supported a brace of tassels of the same color, which 
might hang upon either side of the head. 

1820-21. John Dudley (a sergeant-major in the war of 
1812) kept a military school in Town, by subscription. 2 All 
turned in, officers and soldiers. By constant drill, they 
attained great perfection in the art. 

It was always pardonable to get drunk on " training-day," 
as well as muster. Even the music cost nothing but a treat. 
From 1816-26, William and Trustom Searle were drummers; 
Abel Boynton and James Heald fifers. 2 The annual training- 
day was the last Wednesday in June. 2 

1832. "Y. to sell the powder, &c, in Meeting House for 
Town's use." This was, no doubt, the last of keeping powder 
in the meeting-house. 1843. " V. that the Town defray the 

1 Deacon N. Wheeler. 

2 J. W. Walton, New Ipswich. 

3 A cockade is merely a rosette of leather, phish or ribbon. (Lt. James F. Miller, 
U. S. N.) 



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expense of procuring the State arms for the use of Temple 
Light Infantry." 1847. "Shall the Bill for the alteration of 
the militia-Law, prepared by the Committee of the Senate 
and Legislature, become a Law? " Yeas, 37; nays, 31. No 
more musters or trainings after this, or 1850, at all events. 
In 1841, the Town expenses for the militia were $86.00. 
They were never more than that from 1838 to 1850. 



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CHAPTER XIII. 



EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 



Ensign Kidder's Wife — Mr. Gibbs and bis Qualifications — Samuel Appleton — $1500 
raised in 1805 for building School Houses — District Records — Division of the North 
District — Districts numbered 1823 — School Committees — School and Literary- 
Funds — Reflection — College Graduates — The Lyceum — The Library — Singing 
and Singing Schools. 

" It is sufficient praise for our ancestors that they established free schools, and provided 
accommodation for them, of any kind." 

D. P. Page. 

March 4, 1771 : " Y. to hire schooling, and V. to raise <£8 
L. M. for schooling." March 1, 1773 : " Y. to raise £26.13.4. 
for schooling." The art. " To see if y e Town will agree to 
build a school-house or school-houses ? " was negatived. March 
6, 1775 : " Y. to choose a comm ee to squadron out y e town 
for building school-houses." " Y. to divide the town into 
five squadrons." 1 Ensign Kidder is paid £2. 2. 8. L. M. "for 
his wife's service in keeping school in 1774." John Cragin, Jr., 
is paid £2 10. L. M.. one month later in the same year. 
These are the first teachers on record. Ensign Kidder's wife 
came from Westford ; she kept school in her own house (now 
District No. 4) about 70 rods south of where Horace Wilson 
now lives. 2 John Boynton taught in 1782; Samuel Howard 
in 1779 and 1783. May 20, 1782: " Y. to raise £100 to 
build school-houses." "At this period," says Esq. Stiles, 
" there was no school-house in the North District, and scarce 
in town. Schools were then kept in private houses, and 
barns, as they could be permitted. The first 3 1 remember 
was kept in a log shop at Jacob Putnam's, where Francis 
Whiting now lives, and by a Mr. Gibbs, who was old and slow. 
It was then the custom to employ those for teachers who 
were in most need of support; if they could read a chapter 

1 " Squads ," for short. (Dea. N. Wheeler.) In 1787 the name "Squadron" was 
dropped and "District" substituted. 

2 Esq. Stiles, Dea. N. Wheeler. 

3 District Schools were then called " Writing Schools." 



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in the Testament, teach the Shorter Catechism, and whip 
the boys, they were sufficiently qualified. G-ibbs had a class of 
ten, to whom he proposed a question, agreeing to give them 
a copper if they answered it, otherwise they should give him 
one. They failed, and each provokingly handed him a note 
for the tenth part of a copper. Next year David Barker 
(grandfather of Theodore Barker) taught ; he used a tattling- 
stick and a peaked block for correction. The master's wages 
were then about four dollars per month ; those of the mistress, 
eight shillings. The Text Books were a Psalter, a Testament, 
1 Dilworth's Spelling-book,' and a Primer to tell us who 
was the first man. Previous to 1790 it was a common custom 
to have two or three scholars spend most of their time as 
spies upon the school : they were zealous in their office. 
Samuel Appleton taught school in the East Middle District 
(No. 4) several winters, with much improvement." Apropos, 
Rev. Warren Burton 1 writes to us Dec. 14, 1858: "I had 
occasion to call on the late Samuel Appleton of Boston about 
a year before his death. Being a native of New Ipswich, and 
learning that I was from the neighboring Wilton, he was 
pleased to let his conversation run thitherward. Finding me, 
moreover, especially interested in the subject of Education, 
he expressed his sense of the importance of it. He added, 
moreover, that he himself had once been a schoolmaster, at 
least for a single winter, and had taught a school in Temple, 
and he supposed that he must have been pretty successful in 
the vocation, as a little incident seemed to prove. He said 
that one Sunday, at the close of the afternoon service, or just 
before the benediction, the Rev. Mr. Miles arrested the atten- 
tion of the congregation by a severe complaint of the out- 
rageous conduct in one of the schools in the town, and he 
closed this public exposure of reprehensible character, some- 
what in this way : 1 They don't behave so in Master Apple- 
ton's District: he keeps a good school.' Mr. A. thought, that 
for a mere youth as he was, it was a most eminent distinction 
to be presented by the very minister himself, before the whole 
Town assembled, as a pattern teacher in a pattern District." 

May, 1805: " V. to raise $1500 for building and repairing 
school-houses." This was in pursuance of a law made at that 
period, compelling the payment of taxes for this purpose. 

1 Rev. Warren Burton, of Cambridge, a native of Wilton, N. E. He is the author 
of that excellent book, "District School as it was," and is widely celebrated as a 
friend of Education. 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



We now present extracts from the records of five School 
Districts, remarking that the records of "No. 6" were not 
furnished to us, and we can therefore say nothing of it : 

Dist. No. 1.— Sept. 3, 1805 : "V. to build the school-house 
according to a plan drawn by Mr. Hawkins." " Yendued 
new school-house Oct. 10, 1805; bid off by Dea. J. Ball at 
$286." Oct. 20, 1808 : "V. to have a Comm ee to accompany 
the Eev. N. Miles in visiting the school." Sept. 23, 1811: 
"By and-irons, 22 lbs. at 10d., $3.08." Oct. 19, 1812: " Y. 
to build a stove in the school-house." John Patten bid it off, 
" to be done in a workmanlike manner " for $6.50. This 
was, of course, a brick stove. 1818: All the money was 
expended on the winter school : the summer term was kept 
by subscription. 

Dist. No. 2. — In 1805 a new school-house was voted, 25 
feet long and 20 feet wide. Major Francis Blood bid it off 
for $243.30. Oct. 10, 1805: The old school-house sold for 
$11.75. There were "12 weeks' school in the summer" of 
1809, also of 1810: this was as usual, perhaps. In 1809, 
" Y. to have it kept up at Mr. Walton's 2 weeks." Feb. 28, 
1821 : " Y. to have six days' school for each week in future, 
instead of five days and a half as customary." 1822 : "V. to 
have but one half hour intermission in the winter school." 
1827 : "Y. to get two fire-dogs, weighing 24 lbs., of wrought 
iron." 1832: "Y. to have a superintending comm ee ." "Y. 
to erect a stove in said school-house." 1838: "Y. that if 
the Sup. Com." (chosen by District) "find out that two-thirds 
of the District is against the master or mistress, they sh n be 
dismissed by the trustees." 1841 : " Y. to give the board in 
winter." 

Dist. No. 3.— Feb. 7, 1782: "Y. that the school-house 
shall stand 3 Eods South of where Mr. Peter Felt's corn 
house now stands." March 18, 1791 : " Y. to have 16 weeks 
school y 8 next summer; Y. to have Rachel Cutter keep it." 
Dec. 18, 1792: "Y. to have 12 weeks' schooling y s ensuing 
winter, & that Mr. Daniel Searle be employed to instruct s d 
school." " Y. that y 8 Committee acquaint Mr. Site Stickney 
that y e squadron desires him Not to send any of his children 
to their school the ensuing winter on acc't of y s small pox." 
March 18, 1799: "Y. that y e centre of y e Dist. is the north 
line of Lott No. one in y e 2 d Randge on which Mr. Peter Felt's 
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& 9 ft. stud, & to have 8 windows of 15 squares each 7 by 9, 
& the Porch to be 6 ft. sq." Capt. Edwards built said house 
for X65. A Committee of ten ladies was chosen in 1849 to 
visit the summer school, one each week. In 1857 the school- 
house was repaired at an expense of $368.09. 

Dist. No. 4. — Feb. 25, 1806: "V. that the new school- 
house should be set 26 rods from Capt. John Cragin's house, 
on the northerly side of the Road which leads from s d Cragin's 
to Mason." July 7, 1855 : "The Com ee on location reported 
that the center of the Dist. came 54J Rods N. E. from Mr. 
Wilson's." The new school-house was built this year for 
$365. Isaac and Isaac N. Wilson made a gift of the land to 
the District. It was in this District that Samuel Appleton 
taught, 1 and possibly Isaac Appleton, his brother, as that 
name appears about the same time, though so indefinitely as 
to leave it doubtful whether he taught or not. 

Dist. No. 5. — This was the "North West District." Aug. 
21, 1819 : " Y. if the Com ee man receive our just share of school 
money in due season he shall set up a school in the Powers 
House, so called, belonging to Capt. Elias Boynton." " Y. to 
keep ten weeks of winter school the ensuing winter in Abel 
Farrar's kitchen." Oct. 12, 1820: "Y. to give the widow 
Sarah Heald three dollars for the use of her hitching ten 
weeks next winter." Feb. 24, 1826: "Y. to give Spaulding 
Boynton 91 cts. per week to board the mistress, & Capt. J. 
Brown 97 cts. p r week to board the master." 

In 1819 the Town "voted to divide the ' North Sch. Dist.' 
into two parts, so as to make two Districts." Eleven gentle- 
men, among whom were Benjamin and Oliver Whiting, entered 
a protest against the Division. 

In 1823 the selectmen of 1822 (appointed a committee for 
numbering the School Districts) report " that they have given 
the subject that attention which they thought it required, and 
are of the opinion that the Middle Sch. Dist. ought hereafter 
to be known by the name or appellation of Dist. No. 1. The 
South-westerly, No. 2 ; The South-Easterly, No. 3 ; The middle 
Eastwardly, No. 4: The North Westwardly, No. 5, & the 
North, No. 6. It is a general practice that the middle Dist. be 
No. 1. 

" In numbering the remaining they have had no regard to 
antiquity, respectability or property: they have considered 

1 Esq. Stiles. 



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convenience only, these numbers being much easier retained 
in memory to be numbered from South to North or from 
North to South, all which is respectfully presented. 

(Signed by the com ee ) 

Temple, Feb. 21, 1823." 

The first Superintending School Committee was appointed 
in 1809, viz., Daniel Heald, James Crombie, and Daniel Searle. 
From that year to 1821, the same number was annually chosen, 
except in 1813, 19, and 20, when there were four: from 1821- 
28, two for each of the six districts, were appointed, making 
in all, twelve annually. In 1828, " Y. that the several Dists. 
choose their Prudential Com ee ." Three individuals this year 
constituted the Superintending Committee. The first report 
of schools was read in town-meeting, in 1829. The. first one 
printed, was for 1854. In 1848, " Y. that the Selectmen 
appoint a Sup. Sch. Com ee ," which duty has belonged to the 
board of later years. 

A " school fund " had arisen from the sale of town lands, 
which in 1835 amounted to $431.44. In 1853, " Y. that the 
Literary Fund " [this arises from the State tax upon banks, 
&c] " be divided amongst the Sch. Dists. acc'g to poll and 
estate." " Y. that the selectmen be instructed to purchase 
six Colton's maps, one for each Sch. Dist." 

The annual appropriations for schools from 1783 to '93 
were an average of £83; from 1804—35, $350. was the yearly 
amount ; from 1837-45, $300 + $100, the Literary Fund; 
from 1845-49, $450 + the Literary Fund; from 1849-58, 
$495 + the Literary Fund. These appropriations have been 
greatly overrun by the actual expenditures. The Literary 
Fund has of late been divided, so that District No. 1 has 
received a portion in ratio of 10 : 8 of other districts. 

Temple has suffered greatly in her school interests from 
not enjoying a school fund of any magnitude, such as Samuel 
Appleton gave to New Ipswich, Edward Sprague to Dublin, 
and John Boynton to Mason. We believe her sons will yet 
remember her. 

COLLEGE GRADUATES. 

David Heald, Esq., Dartmouth, 1793. 

Nathaniel Shattuck, Esq., Dartmouth, 1801. 

Rev. Addison Searle, Dartmouth, 1816, Harvard, 1818. 

Solomon P. Miles, A. M., Harvard, 1819. 



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C. C. P. Burnap, Amherst. 
Jacob S. Spaulding, Dartmouth, 1841. 
George C. Farrar, Columbia Coll., N. Y. 
Martin Heald Fisk, A. M., Dartmouth, 1852. 
Benjamin B. Kingsbury, Bowdoin, 1857. 
Henry Ames Blood, Dartmouth, 1857. 

Lyceum. — The records are extant of a Lyceum formed in 
1836, called the " Temple Lyceum and Forensic Society." 

The exercises were "Lectures, Original Essays, Discussions, 
and Declamations." The first names on the list of members 
indicate the character of the Society: — Nathaniel Kingsbury, 
Leonard Jewett, Nathan Wheeler, Win. H. Howard. Ladies 
also belonged. 

We offer certain" questions " which were propounded from 
time to time : 

"Which is most disagreeable, — to have no appetite for 
dinner, or no dinner for the appetite ? " 

"Which is most empty, — a fop's head, or a coquette's 
heart ? " 

" Is the making of apples into cider the best use they can 
be put to ? " Decided — Yeas 10, nays 17. 
" Is 1 spitting ' an American trait ? " 

We have quoted these subjects of debate from a host of 
others, mainly for their peculiarity. 

In 1837. " Is the population of this town proportionate to 
the extent of its territory and the quality of its soil ? De- 
cided affirmatively! " Nov. 13, 1837. "On motion, one in 
each Dist. volunteered to take the No. of inhabitants thereof." 
The returns showed 640 persons in town. Dec. 12, 1836. 
A paper was instituted, called "The Investigator.'" The edi- 
tor's title was " Lector." 

Library. — Oct. ye e 1st, 1 804. " Library Meeting," writes 
Capt. Edwards. He refers to the " Columbian Library " 
which was lodged at Mr. Miles's ; but within twenty years has 
' been dissipated. If not quite imperatively so used, it was a 
sad infatuation. 

Singing and Singing Schools. — The first notice we have 
is in March, 1790, when Gershom Drury and others subscribe 
to pay a " singing-school master for one fortnight." May 31, 
20 



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1790. " Y. to seat the singers in the front gallery, in the 
two foremost seats." A document under date of March 19, 
1792, is found. "We whose names are under-written, desirous 
of promoting y e art of Music, which makes a part, and not a 
small part of divine worship, do sincerely wish for y e revival 
of it & do hereby signify our desire that one month in a 
year might be improved for y e use of a singing school & that 
we will bear our part in y e expense of it." This is signed by 
Sam 1 Howard, Francis Blood, and fifteen others. Apr. 16, 
1792, (warrant.) "To see if y e Town will concur withy 6 
ch. in the matter of singing or do anything for y e promotion & 
Encouragement of so singular aud delightful a science ? " — 
hardly unctuous enough, for the town " Y. to dismiss y e 
article of singing." 1797. "Y. that y e Bass-viol be bro't 

into ye e meeting house for y e space of one year." 

left the meeting-house with his wife upon his arm, the first 
time the viol was played. A man in Peterboro used to call 
the instrument "Da gen " in honor of the heathen god of that 
name, — "he wouldn't hear Dagon played !" Esq. Dan- 
iel Searle executed the first music upon this instrument, in 
church, and on this memorable occasion. He was long after- 
ward relied upon for filling this department of the choirs. 
In 1799, 1800, '01, '03, '05, '07, and afterward, $30 per annum 
was appropriated for singing schools. In 1800, "Y. that 
said sch. be kept in such several parts of the Town as will 
best accommodate those who desire to attend." Jonathan 
Smith of Peterboro, kept a school about 1790. Heald of 
Townsend, Carlton of Rindge, Herrick of Milford, Francis 
and Lt. John Cragin, Milton Carter of Peterboro, Maj. Farns- 
worth of Mason, Dea. N. D. Gould of New Ipswich, followed. 
In 1829, Lyman Spaulding, of Wilton, taught a "Music 
School." Paul Cragin, Capt. Jonathan Spaulding and James 
Killam followed Esq. Searle upon the bass-viol. James Ball 
and Aaron Felt played violins. 1 Singing schools were not 
unfrequently taught during daylight. 



1 Esq. Stiles. 



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CHAPTER XIV. 

Marriage — Hvgiene — Disease — Death — Physicians — Extract from Jeremy Bel- 
knap— Daniel Searle, Esq., — Mr. Miles — Fever— Small Pox — Doctors Durkee, 
Crombie, Kingsbury, and Blood. 

" We are clay, moulded from the dust we tread, — 
The soul a blossom that must soon be shed." 

Leander Clarke. 

"There is no whet to the appetite like early dew; nothing for the stomach like grass 
and wild flowers, taken with a fasting eye, at five in the morning. It was Adam's own 
salad, and that is why he lived to 930." Douglass Jerrold. 

So well does that venerable historiographer, Jeremy Bel- 
knap, write of the institution of marriage in his history of 
us, as well as the rest of New Hampshire, that we cannot 
refrain from quoting him. " When Land is cheap and the 
means of subsistence may be acquired in such plenty, and in 
so short a time as is evidently the case in our new plantations, 
encouragement is given to early marriages. A young man 
who has cleared a piece of land, and built a hut for his pres- 
ent accommodation, soon begins to experience the truth of that 
old adage, 1 It is not good for man to be alone.' Nor are the 
young females of the country averse to a settlement in the 
new plantations, where, after the second year's labor, by 
which the land is brought into pasture, there is necessity 
for beginning the work of a dairy j an employment which 
always falls to their lot, and is an object of their ambition, as 
well as interest." 

Marriages in Temple have, in general, been exceedingly 
prolific. There have been ten, twelve and fourteen children 
in several families, while the mystic nine is very common. 
One lady writes us, — 

"Much has now passed from my memory; but one thing 
has not, and that is, that I am one of twenty-two children, and 
am myself the nineteenth child, and shall be 78 next October, 
if I live." This was the family of David Barker and his one 
wife. 

"Intentions of marriage," were " cried," as it was called, 
as late as 1820-25; though at this date one could exercise 



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his choice whether to be cried or published in the box. Esq. 
Searle sat in the east end of the gallery, at church ; being 
Town Clerk so many years, people well remember him in this 
department of the Clerk's office. As soon as the benediction 
was pronounced, the voice of Esq. Searle rang clearly through 
the house, " Marriage intended! m whereupon with ears curious 
and intent, the audience leaned toward the speaker. Having 
distinctly pronounced the names of the parties, and their inten- 
tions, he would incline slightly, and the assemblage could then 
retire. It was about this time that the audience began to go 
out of church before the minister; previously, the minister 
had taken precedence. 

Mr. Miles always gave excellent advice to the parties whom 
he married; adverting even, in his remarks to the husband, 
to how sweet a task he should consider it, to carry in the 
wood and water for domestic use, not allowing his wife to do 
it. 2 Marriages in early times have been frequently described. 
We do not, however, remember seeing anywhere noticed the 
etiquette at table on such occasions. At the head of the 
table sat the bride and groom f next in order the bricleman 
and bridemaid ; then the officiating clergyman, and lastly, fam- 
ily friends and invited guests. 

Hygiene. — "In Temple," says the New Hampshire Ga- 
zetteer, " where there is a population of less than 600, forty, 
or one twelfth of the inhabitants are seventy years old or up- 
wards." 

Were it not for the white monuments and tall memorials 
that are in either grave-yard, one might indeed suppose that 
this was another " Isle of Life," within whose celestial bor- 
ders Death is never heard of. Once, only, has any severe 
scourge been laid upon the population. In 1813 there were 
one hundred and thirty-seven cases of fever in the town. 

Smallpox, in 1792, paid a short visit to the negroes who dwelt 
near the Old Glass House; as witness "y e town votes." Oct. 
15, 1792. " Y that a man be procured to inspect y e Houses 
of the Small Pox, both at Mr. Todd's and Jube Savage's. V. 
y* y e selectmen, by y e advice of y e overseer, procure all those 
necessaries which are necessary for y e use of those negroes that 
are under y e operation of y e Small Pox, & a Doctor (if need 
be) at y e expense of y e Town, (if not paid by f e negroes) & 
that Dr. Durkee be applied to for s d Doctor." 



i Wm. H. Howard. 



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This Dr. Durkee, alias Durgee, first appears in 1786. Doc- 
tors Brown and J. Taylor preceded him, though all we know 
of Taylor is somewhat crepuscular. Just as though Temple, 
again, had no need of doctors, almost the first we know of 
Durkee is that he is bustling round after taxes, and Dr. James 
Crombie is introduced to us in 1799, as recipient of $10.66 
for " lettering guide-boards." Durkee wrote a good hand, and 
when he did town business, no doubt charged good prices. 
His medical knowledge may appear to " the initiated," from 
the following bill : 

" The Town of Temple D r to Silas Durkee for Doctrine Artha Kirk- 
wood in the following sum : 

May the 15th. 1795. 

To Visit & Dressing a Recent wound on his Leg 



To Basilicon Salve £0-3-10 

To visit and Dressing his Leg Tine Myrrh - - - 0-4 — 4 

To visit & Dressing sore Leg Elix r Pro - 0-4 — 

To visit & Dressing sore Leg Lyth Myrrh - 0-3 — 6 

More by empt Diachylon ------ 0-1 — 6 

June 4 th To visit & Dressing sore Leg - 0-3 — 6 

To visit & Dressing wound Precipate (Precipitate ?) - - 0-3 — 

To Visit & Dressing wound & Salve - 0-3 — 6 
To Visit & Dressing wound — two Cath & Sundary other 

articles 0-6—0 

To visit Sal Saccini (oleum Succini ?) 5 1 

Bad. Valerian 5 1 & sundaryes (sundries) - 0-6 — 

To Visit & Dressing sore Leg Spi Lav. 3 2 - - 0-4 — 

To Visit & Dressing Sore Leg — Salve 0-3 — 



£2-6—2 

a True account Errors Excepted Silas Duekee. 

Temple, March 5, 1796. 



After Durkee came Dr. James Crombie. 

Dr. Crombie studied medicine with Dr. Benj. Jones of 
Lyndeboro, whose daughter he married, 1799. He settled 
in Temple in 1798, removed to Francestown in 1820, and 
thence to Derry in 1850, where he died, 1853. In his profes- 
sion, Dr. Crombie reached no inconsiderable eminence. His 
practice extended much into adjacent towns, and somewhat 
into places more remote. He was especially successful in the 
treatment of " both chronic and acute " diseases, but wq find 
him engaged in 1807 as surgeon of the regiment with the 
celebrated Dr. Twitchell, of Keene, upon the unprecedented 
case of Taggart, (see Bowditch's Life of Dr. Twitch ell, pp. 



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158-165,) or the " Ligature of the Carotid Artery." He was 
remarkable in his forte to " minister to the mind diseased." 
Hypochondriacs forgot their fancied ills in the mere joviality 
of his presence. Passionately fond of Burns, he could quote 
him largely, and used to recite " Death and Dr. Hornbook/' 
as a satire on empirics, with gusto. As a lover of Burns, we 
can easily imagine his success with that most pitiable class of 
people above-mentioned. Dr. Crombie was succeeded by his 
brother-in-law, Dr. Nathan, son of Dr, Benjamin Jones. 

Dr. A. H. Wilder (alias Dival) appears in 1829; after- 
ward Dr. Raymond, who soon died. Dr. Raymond was fol- 
lowed by Drs. Nathaniel Kingsbury, David S. Prescott, Gurley 
A. Phelps, Henry J. Young, and Josiah M. Blood. Drs. S. 
Fobes, (1796) and Stephen Cummings,( 1806-7) have niches in 
the Town Records. We have spoken of Dr. Nathaniel Kings- 
bury in the Oration. A brother physician adds to our state- 
ment : " Dr. Kingsbury is a man of superior ability, great 
acquirements, and much experience. He is one of the ablest 
physicians that this section of the country or any other has 
ever produced. As a counsellor, he has ever been esteemed 
by those of the profession, who can appreciate the higher ele- 
ments of medicine. A stranger to a meddlesome practice, and 
one merely fashionable, he should be held up as a model to the 
initiated who aspire to renown, and to the benedictions of 
their fellow-men. By the multitude of afflicted who have been 
relieved by his wise advice and judicious practice, he will 
long be remembered with deep veneration." 

Dr. Josiah M. Blood, the present practitioner in Temple, was 
born in Hollis, N. H., July 3, 1832. He commenced the study 
of surgery and medicine with H. Boynton, M. D., of Hollis. 
He afterward graduated at the University of New York, 4 
where "amongst a class of 120," writes Dr. Boynton, " he was 
one of the six best scholars." He is a " Fellow of the N. H. 
Med. Soc." 



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CHAPTER XV. 

AGRICULTUEAL AND METEOROLOGICAL. 

Dea. Howard's Diaries — Capt. Edwards' Diaries — Anonymous Letter — Huskings — 
" Productions of the Soil" — Great Frost — Two Tornadoes — Cold Winters — Letters 
of Daniel Searle, Esq. 

"Mr. Miles, in conversation with Maj. Joe Stone, spoke of Indian relics being found 
upon Oak Hill. 'No doubt of it,' exclaimed Maj. Joe, 'no doubt, — noble land up 
there!' just as though the land was so rich that tomahawks would grow there. 1 ' 

"YYm. Loomis, New Ipswich. 

The subject of Agriculture being sufficiently dwelt upon, in 
the general way, in the Oration, we shall compose this chapter 
mostly of diary extracts, and with reference to no plan save 
the order of chronology; and as "The Weather" is so inti- 
mately connected here, we shall carry it along with us. 

" On May y e 9th, 1770. I set out for Temple, in order for planting 
and arrived there y e 11th, and returned to Maiden y e 22 d day." 

" Oct. y e 20, 1770. There was a terrible storm from y e N. W., and 
y e Tides arose extremely high." 

"Dec. 1774. Drove cattle down" [to Maiden] "to winter." 
« April f 4 th 1775. I went and fetched back my cattle." 

The above extracts are from Dea. Samuel Howard's Dia- 
ries : those which next follow, are from Capt. Eben'r Edwards' 
Diaries. (The letter 11 a " in these, signifies from :) 

"■ April y e 4 th 1803. Fair; began ploughing in 'earnest; sowed peas. 
" " 5 " Cloudy; wind a N. Sowed 1 Bushel wheat. 
" " 8 th " Cloudy; raw and chilly wind from S. E. to S. 
W. alternately ; small rain at evening ; sowed 1 bushel of rye & J 
bushel of wheat. Set cabbage stumps. Thunder and lightning at 9 
o'clock P. M. °° 

April f 13 th 1803. Warm & Hazy; wind a South-west. Sowed 1 
Peck wheat — sowed peas for early use. 

April f 27 th 1803. Cloudy & chilly wind N. E. Sowed 12 qts F. 
seed & peas and turnip seed. 

April y e 29 tk 1803.' Planted 4 Bush of Potatoes. 

May y e 26 th 1803. Fair & warm ; wind S. E. planted squashes, cu- 
cumbers, water-melons and muskmelons. 

June y e 29 th 1803. — finished hoeing corn y e 2 d time. 



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July y e 4 th 1803. Fair & pleasant wind a N. Began haying in 
earnest. 

July y e 10 th 1803. Sunday, fair & warm wind W. Dined on green 
peas. Mr. Farrar preached with us. 

Aug. y e 2 d 1803. Fair and warm wind N. W. put in 2 Load Rye. 
Aug. y e 14 th 1803. Had roasted corn. 

Sept. y e 12 th 1803. Fair & pleasant, wind a E. Gathered onions 
& Beans & began to dig potatoes. 

Oct, y e 21 st 1803. Fair and pleasant. Wind a W : finished gather- 
ing apples. 

Oct. y e 27 th 1803. Bought St n Mansur's Butter a 10 d per cwt. 
Oct. y e 1 st 1804. Began to gather corn. 

March 1 st 1805. Good sledding for Three months last past, with re- 
markable steady cold weather : begins to moderate. 

April y e 2 d 1805. Aurora Borealis. D r Preston called. 

April y e 29 th 1805. Showers & Shines alternately attended with 
thunder. 

May y e 19 th 1805. Sunday. Apple trees in full bloom. 
June 1807. Remarkably cool thro' the whole month ; vegetation of 
every kind very backward." 

The following extract from an anonymous letter, under date 
of " Temple, Aug. 4, 1806," reminds one of that famous, but 
anonymous dialogue — "How to tell bad news :" u We hear that 
Joseph Searle is in N. York City. He is the captain of a 
ship. I have no other news to tell you, except your com is 
cut off with the hail, and it has broke the glass in the north 
end and the east side of the house." 

Huskings were social .gatherings of the people, in neigh- 
borhood, for the purpose indicated by the name of such gath- 
erings. They were had, sometimes, in the warm afternoon 
of an Indian summer, when fifty or more persons threw a 
working cordon around the barn ; sometimes at night, andvm 
the barn, by the dim, yet cheery beam of the lantern; 
spirituous liquors, coffee, tea, washed down whatever solid 
"good thing" w r as prepared for supper. Huskings have not 
entirely gone out of fashion, though they now take place with 
less circumstance. 

Under the head — 11 Productions of the Soil" (p. 136, Hay- 
ward's N. H. Gazetteer 1849,) Temple stands for 2,999 bushels 
of Indian corn per annum, 12,960 bushels of potatoes, 1,011 
tons of hay, 1,530 lbs of wool. 

Great Frost. — Tornadoes. — The spring season was very 
"forward" in 1793. On May 19th came a killing frost; even 
trees were blasted, and many that escaped, still bear the 
mark, the annual ring for that year being black. So advanced 



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was vegetation at this time that the apples were as large as 
bullets) 

In 1795-97, the second best ministerial pine lot was nearly 
all blown down by a tornado. 1 

July 10, 1806, a heavy tornado cantered in from Greenfield, 1 
Just below John Houston's farm, which it completely ravaged, 
it split in halves ; one portion travelled on toward Peterboro, 
sweeping a fine orchard of Oliver Whiting's in its path ; the 
other a little east of Wilton, having majesty and magic enough 
to gather up Nathan Mason's barn, and set it over the other 
side of the house, upon its ridge-pole. The hail was tremen- 
dous. Esq. Daniel Searle's house lost whole windows of 
glass ; and, indeed, the stones were so numerous, as well as 
magnitudinous, that the ice remained several days in the 
gullies. 

Cold Winters. — Daniel Searle wrote beautiful letters. 
Our extracts below are very graphic: 

"Temple, March 31, 1836. 
My Dear Son : 2 Your kind letter of Nov r last came seasonably to 
hand, and would have been answered ere this time had not one of the 
most severe winters known in this country set in at that time, with all its 
horrors, and continued to this day with unabating severity. The harbors 
have been frozen over very hard from N. York to Nova Scotia, and it has 
been good skating from Boston to Cape Cod a great part of the time. 
The sinners in Connecticut and vicinity have been making their boasts 
that they felt quite safe so long as Hell-Gate remained frozen over." 
" This is the first warm day we have had in twelve ; it now appears like 
Spring, although the snow is four feet deep in the woods, and not a speck 
of bare ground is to be seen on the tops of the highest hills or in the 
vales." 

" Temple, March 1, 1840. 

My Dear Son : 2 Your kind letter would have been answered long be- 
fore this time had there been any regular conveyance. Since the first snow 
fell, the mail has not passed through this town, and the nearest Post-office 
is at a great distance, and in many places it has been difficult for neigh- 
burs to visit each other. 

The several snows that have fallen this winter, had they been measured 
accurately, would have exceeded, in the aggregate, five feet. They were 
blown into most astonishing drifts, and it has been with great exertions 
that the people have been able to supply themselves with fire-wood. 



1 Dea. N. Wheeler, Esq. Stiles. 

21 



2 Rev. Addison SearL 



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Some have burned their apple-trees and old fences, till such times as they 
could break through to the wood-lots: the cold was very severe; no 
person could face the wind any great length of time. The warm days 
we have recently had, have sent most of the snow off to the great 
Atlantic, but enough remains to make the travelling intolerably bad. 
There is continual alternation of great drifts and deep mud, and the sides 
of the road are strewed with broken carriages." 



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CHAPTER XVI. 

TRADE AND MANUFACTURES. 

Store in the old Meeting-house —William Appleton — Aaron Mansur — Levi Adams — ■ 
Tanners — Carpenters — Plough-makers — Blacksmith's — Shoe-makers — Shin- 
gles — Mills — Cider — Maple Sugar. 

The names, which follow, of the traders in town, are arranged 
pretty much in chronological order, and generally from notes 
of Dea. Nathan Wheeler and David Stiles, Esq. Ebenezer 
Parker kept tavern and sold West India goods in the old 
meeting-house, a little north-east of where Heald's store now 
is. John Searle's store was part of Judge Heald's house : he 
traded awhile and absconded. James Wallace traded in the 
old meeting-house a few months, and afterward removed to 
Antrim. Ebenezer Edwards built a pearl ashery and a store 
adjoining his house, and traded many years. Artemas Wheeler 
opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring 
of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, 
built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle. Oliver 
Farrar and David Beard traded in 1796 and after. In 1802 
Nathan Wheeler became a partner with Artemas Wheeler ; 
in 1804 he removed to Lyndeboro. In 1805 Mr. Artemas 
Wheeler built the store which Judge Heald now owns, and 
leased the old one to William Appleton and Aaron Mansur. 
Mr. Appleton had been his clerk three or four years, and was 
now under 21 years of age. The two stores did a large busi- 
ness. Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N. Y. Mr. 
Appleton soon after went to Boston, Mr. Mansur to Lowell ; 
both were prospered. Stephen Austin built a store west of 
the Tenney house, traded a few years, but did not grow rich. 
Levi Adams kept store and built a pot ashery on the farm now 
owned by Dan forth Farrar. 

Business was not done in those days as it is now. Trade 
was carried on upon credit altogether. The store-keeper 
collected all the country produce and sent it to market by ox- 
teams ) sometimes five or six ox-teams filed along the road. 
When the market was dull, they stored the produce. The 



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main articles were butter, " 3 or 4 tons potash, and 3000 or 
4000 yds. tow cloth." 

Other traders were David Whiting, Bower & Dane, Rich- 
ardson & Emery, Ephraim Whiting Blood, D. Whiting, 2d, 
J. S. Mace, Adams & Crosby, Simon Farrar, Jonathan Searle, 
John Farrar, Noah Start, Joseph Heald, Cummings & French, 
Daniel Avery, Howard & Hutchinson, Martin Heald. 

Tanners. — David Searle, John Patten, John Patten, Jr., 
Ira Miller, Timothy W. Smith. 

Carpenters. — Benjamin Cutter, Benjamin Tenny, (and his 
son Benjamin,) Francis Cragin, Francis Cragin, Jr., Sile R. 
Stickney, Phinehas Howard, William Jewett, G. W. Hawkins, 
Ebenezer Killam, Jonathan Spaulding, James Killain. 

Plough Makers. — John Ball, Horace Emery. 

Blacksmiths. — Lt. Archelaus Cummings, Ensign Jesse 
Walker, Asa Stiles, Benjamin Felt, John Osgood, David Kim- 
ball, George Kimball, John Mack, Abel Gardner, Peter 
Powers, Joshua P. Searle, Isaac Kimball. 

Shoemakers. — Peter Felt, Elias Colburn, Levi Pierce, 
John Patten, Josiah Fisk, Bairsto & Weston, Ezra Mansur, 
Stephen Cragin, John Kimball, Samuel Proctor, William 
Searle, William Searle, Jr., Earle Searle, Willard Searle, 
Joshua Parker, Joshua Parker, Jr. 

Blacksmiths used to make all the implements of farm use, 
axes, scythes, augers, and edge-tools. 

The tannery has always stood where Timothy W. Smith 
now lives. If you wanted a pair of shoes forty years a<ro, 
you would get your leather at the tanner's and carry it to 
the shoemaker. 

Shingles. — Shingles were a great article of manufacture 
the first of this century. " 1803, April y e 20 th : Cut pine 
timber for shingles & left one log to see if y e worms will 
injure it: it being the day before the moon changes." 1 ''April 
y e 22d. Sawed & butted shingle-timber." " July y e 26 : Cut 
two pine trees precisely on the 1st quarter of the moon." 

Mills. — David Searle built a saw and grist mill on the 
South stream, (Gambol Brook) about one mile from the meet- 
ing-house, which is supposed to have been the first in town, 



1 E. Edwards' Diaries. Mr. E. often speaks of shaving a thousand shingles per day. 



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and has been renewed and kept in the name until the death 
of Esq. Daniel Searle, but is now entirely gone. About the 
year 1770, Joseph Putnam built a grist mill on Lot No. 20, 
Wilton Range, about 25 rods from the then south-line of 
Lyndeboro, which was renewed by Asa Stiles in 1787. David 
Ames of Peterboro was the architect. This was supposed to 
be the second grain mill in town; it was burned in 1801, pre- 
vious to which another mill was built about half a mile below, 
which was also burned, but rebuilt by David Patterson. In 
1803 a saw mill was erected on the upper stand, which in 
1810 was turned into a forge. Some iron-ore was found on 
the mountain, and some bog-ore in Lyndeboro. The ore gave 
out, and a grist mill succeeded in 1815 ; it is now abandoned. 

A Gazetteer of New Hampshire, compiled by E. and P. 
Merrill, 1817, states that there were then in Temple " 4 grain 
mills, 3 saw mills, and 1 fulling mill." This latter belonged 
to Mr. Barnes, the clothier. 

Perry, and Cider. — Perry, a beverage made from pear -juice, 
was a rare drink. Jesse Spafford remembers seeing Mr. 
Todd make cider in a log, hollowed out to hold three or four 
barrels. He had no press, but made use of a maul hung upon 
a spring-pole. Mr. S. noticed at this time that Todd had but 
one thumb. He thinks Todd made the first cyder." Oliver 
Whiting afterward manufactured cider-presses. " 1804, Oct. 
y e 23d: Finished making cider." 1 

Maple Sugar. — 3000 lbs. of maple sugar, mostly made 
from the lock maple, (Acer saccharinum) and 500 gallons of 
the maple molasses, are annually made here ; and yet not one- 
eighth of the trees are brought into requisition. 

The sugar sells from 14 to 20 cents per pound; the mo- 
lasses from $1 to $1.50 per gallon. The rock-maple suo'ar is 
whiter than that of the white maple, (Acer dasycarpum) and 
more abundant. This is due very much to the color of the 
sap. James Childs says that his sugar-orchards are as good 
as ever they were, albeit some of them have been bled these 
forty years. 



1 Edwards' Diaiy. 



166 HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE GLASS MANUFACTORY 1780-83. 



Petition of Robert Hewes, January, 1781 — Letter of February, 1781 — Town Loan to — 
Simeon Ashley's Letter — Robert Hewes' Letter, Marcli 11, 1781 — Third Letter, 
March 24, 1781 — Lottery. Act, Marcli 30, of this year — The Glass-House built by 
F. Cragin — Sketch of Robert Hewes. 

" Anterior to the Revolution, the Colonies were not permitted to manufacture even for 
themselves; the object of England being to keep them in a state of dependence. Even Lord 
Chatham, the friend of American liberty, said they should not be allowed to manufacture 
a hob-nail. During the Revolutionary struggle the people were in no condition to turn 
their thoughts to manufactures, and indeed it is only since the commencement of the present 
century that the genius of the people has had full scope," &c —Goodrich Hist. U.S., p. 324. 

Strange as it may seem to us, there is little doubt that the 
first American Manufactory of Glass was erected in the 
town of Temple. Washington, in his diary, speaks of glass 
being made in New Haven in the year 1789. One would 
suppose by the language he uses that he considers it a new 
and quite extraordinary affair. It was nine years previous 
to this, and during the very Avar whose issue first enabled the 
country to commence its own manufacturing, that Robert 
Hewes of Boston began to carry out the project which he 
had long conceived, but had hitherto found impracticable, if 
not impossible, under English rule, of making glass in America 
for America. The following Petition (which, like nearly all 
the material of this chapter, was found in the Town Trunk at 
the memorable search adverted to in the first chapter of 
u The Revolution " in this book) acquaints us with the early 
history of his attempt : 

u Your Petitioner humbly sheweth that He, having an inclination to 
set up a Grlass Manufactory for some years past, and having in his employ 
a number of glass-makers 1 that he employed about other work till the 
1st of May, when he, the said Petitioner, took them to the Town of 
Temple in this State, and there erected his works, solely at his own 
expense ; but after the works were completed they accidentally took fire 
and burned down, 2 to the great damage of your Humble Petitioner ; but 

1 " I understood at that time," (last century) 41 that the Glass Blowers were German 
Hessians and Waldeckers, Soldiers, who deserted from the British Arm}'." — Mr. Hewes, 
" of Piquay 

2 Samuel Hewes, of Rosbury, says that the fireman got drunk, and the conflagra- 
tion thence resulted. 



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by the good assistance of his neighbors the Building was soon erected 
and fitted for business : but the Frost having got into the furnaces by 
[their] being exposed to the weather, they would not stand the fire suit- 
able for Glass-making more than just to produce a sample before they 
gave waj 7 . Therefore your Humble Petitioner prayeth that your Honours 
would take the matter into consideration, to give some encouragement to 
this Infant Manufactory. Your Petitioner prayeth that your Honours 
would grant him a freedom from Rates on his Buildings ; likewise the 
same freedom for his Glass-makers, to encourage them in the Business ; 
and a bounty upon the Glass they shall make : and in so doing your 
Humble Petitioner shall ever pray, <fec. 

Robert Hewes, of Boston. 
To the Honorable Council and House of the State of New Hampshire. 

State of New) . 

Hampshire, j In the House of Representatives, Jan. 2 d , 1781 : The 
Comm ee , to consider of the Petition of Rofct. Hewes, reported as their 
opinion, that that part of the Petition respecting an Exemption from Taxes 
be granted, and that that part respecting a bounty on Glass be for the 
present postponed, but that whenever he shall be able to manufacture 
good window-glass, 1 he receive from this State due encouragement; 
which is submitted, &c. 

Signed, Nich. Gilman for Comm ee . 

Which Report being read and considered, Voted that it be received 
and accepted. 

Sent up for concurrence. 

John Dudley, Speaker, Pro. Tern. 
In Council the same day read & concurred. 

E. Thomson, Sec'y." 

Sometime during the months of January or February, 1781, 
Robert Hewes directed the following letter to " The Honor- 
able Selectmen of the town of Temple : " 

" Gentlemen, — After due Respects, hoping these will find yourselves 
and families well, they are to inform, that being almost discouraged by 
the misfortunes I have met with, & the little spirit of the People to 
encourage me, I am almost determined to drop all thoughts of prosecuting 
the Glass-Manufactory in Temple, for why should I strive to introduce a 
Manufactory to benefit a people that has not spirit enough to subscribe a 
trifle to encourage it, when I have met with a misfortune — for if the 
Business ever comes to perfection it will be a greater service to the country 

1 Window-glass is now found in fragments upon the site of the manufactory, and 
evidently very good, but these may have been the relics of the windows in the "manu- 
factory, and consequently English glass. Jesse Spafford remembers when isinglass 
was used for window lights: the panes were diamond-shaped, and as large as a man's 
hand. 



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than it possibly can to me, even if I make my fortune ? But, Gentlemen, 
it was not money only that induced me, but it was because I was satisfied 
I could do it, <fc in so doing serve my country most essentially — more 
especially your Town. You will do well, Gentlemen, to consider this is 
not a thing for a moment, but it is laying a foundation for the good of 
Posterity ; for certain I am, if my Glass-works are brought to perfection, 
they will soon be as universal as the Iron-works, or many others : as I 
said to Esq. Blood the other clay, that the Glass-makers should be 
employed if it were only to steal their art. I think the Town of Temple, 
as a Town, will be highly culpable if they let this matter slip without a 
struggle. But it is not for me to point out the advantage you are all sensible 
of. What I have to say is, what will your Town do to encourage the mat- 
ter ? I shall have to send 60 miles 1 for stones to build my melting-furnace, 
which will take eight teams, & then all the other furnaces are to be 
rebuilt ; but all this while the Glass-makers and families are to be sup- 
ported, which will be a costly affair. Your Court will make a Lottery, I 
suppose, but that will be a thing of Time. Can I be credited for one or 
two Carcasses of Beef till the Lottery is drawn, or what way can you 
think of to help me till the works are set a-going ? 

I should be glad to know your opinion of the matter as soon as pos- 
sible, so that I may know what to determine. 

From your Friend and Humble Servant, 

Robert Hewes. 

P. S. Mr. Ashley will wait upon you with this and receive your 
answer, and transmit it to me as soon as possible. — R. H. 

P. S. If I could be properly encouraged, I would come up in the 
Spring and work at it myself till it conies to perfection." 

In Town Meeting, "March 5th, 1781, Y. to advance upon 
loan to Mr. Hewes (for y e encouragement of y e Glass Manu- 
factory) £3000, with good security, to be assessed in two 
months from this day, and collected as soon as may be." 

On the same clay Mr. Ashley directed a letter " To the 
Hon'ble Selectmen of Temple.'' 

"Glass House, Temple, Mar. 5 th , 1781. 
Sirs : — By Mr. Todd, the Bearer of this, I must desire an answer to 
Mr. Rob 1 Hewes's letter delivered by me to L* Howard some days ago, 
directed to the Honorable Selectmen of Temple, requesting that the 
Glass-makers might be supplied with Provisions, &c, &c, — which 
answer I must forward to said Hewes, as soon as may be, by a person 
despatched on purpose for that end, in order that he may be enabled to 
conclude whether he can or cannot go on to prosecute the Glass-Manu- 
factory, by him begun in said Temple ; and, in the meantime, I am, Sirs, 
in behalf of Mr. Rob* Hewes, 

Your most ob* & very H'ble Servant, 

Simeon Ashlev." 

J. W. Walton (Xew Ipswich) says that these stones were obtained at Uxbridge, 
Mass. ; moreover, that the conveyance was by ox-teams. 



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Mr. Hewes writes the next letter in order, " To the Honor- 
able Selectmen of the Town of Temple:" 

" G-entlemen : — After due Respects, these are to inform you that I re- 
ceived your favor of the 7 th inst., by which I understand the Town have 
voted a Sum of Money, to be raised as soon as may be, and then to be 
sent me upon loan, provided good security be given. In the first place it 
will be too long raising, and, in the next place, I do not choose to take 
any upon the plan you mention, though I have good security to give for 
ten times the sum I want to bring the business to perfection, and can 
have it here immediately. But that, I am determined not to do, for was 
I to take a sum of money on that plan, and another misfortune happen, 
then I should involve myself indeed ; but, at present, I have not gone 
too for to recede, which I am determined to do immediately ; therefore, 
if there is any Gentleman in Temple, or any of the Towns around, that 
will take the matter in hand and carry on the business, I will sell them 
the whole at a low price, being determined not to do anything further 
about it, without it is to bring down the workmen, if nobody appears to 
purchase the houses & tools. 

Yours, to serve, Rob t Hewes. 

Boston, March lit* 1781. 

P. S. — Considering there is so much done toward it, and there is so 
little to do, & the workmen on the spot, I should think a Number of 
Gentlemen might go on with it, if it was only for another trial. R, H. 

P. S. — I expected to have been encouraged on the strength of the 
Lottery, & what was received by myself or people, to pay for when the 
lottery was drawn. R. H." 

This letter being answered, Mr. Hewes again writes : 

" Gentlemen : — After due Respects, I would inform that I received 
your favor of the 19 th inst., by the Kindness of Deacon Appleton, by 
which I find we come to a better understanding, and if I can be supplyed 
with money on loan, upon the strength of the Lottery, and not risk all I 
have, it is all that I want, I giving an obligation to prosecute the Glass- 
Manufactory. But to adjust matters properly, it is best for me to come 
up to Temple, which I shall do next week : being obliged to go to Wor- 
cester & Rutland, I can easily come over to Temple. In the meantime, 
I should be glad if the Necessities of my Glass-makers might be looked 
to and supplied. 

I expect to be up on Wednesday, till then, give me leave to subscribe 
myself the sincere friend and well-wisher to the Town of Temple, & the 
Glass-Manufactory. Rob t Hewes. 

Boston, March 24 th , 1781. 
P. S. — The way & means of raising the money intended, may be had 
in consideration tili I arrive. R. H." 



Notwithstanding the assurance with which Mr. Hewes here 
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refers to the Lottery, it was some days subsequent to this that 
the " Lottery Act " passed the General Court. 

THE LOTTEEY ACT. 1 
State op New Hampshire. 
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. 
An Act to authorize certain persons to raise Two Thousand Pounds of 
the New Emission, to enable one Robert Hewes to carry on the manu- 
facturing of Glass in the Town of Temple, in the County of Hills- 
borough. 

Whereas, Robert Hewes of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, 
hath petitioned the General Court, setting forth that he had been at great 
expense in erecting Buildings and preparing materials to carry on the 
manufacturing of glass in the Town of Temple, and that he had brought 
the same near to perfection, but was unable to proceed further without 
public encouragement, and should be obliged to drop the enterprise, — 
Wherefore he prayed a Lottery might be set up to raise a sum of money 
for the purpose aforesaid. 

Upon consideration of which Petition, the same appeared reasonable, 
and that the granting the prayer thereof would be for the public good. 
Therefore, Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives 
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the Same, that Lib- 
erty be, and hereby is granted, to establish and carry on a Public Lot- 
tery, to raise the sum of Two Thousand Pounds of the New Emission, 
to be applied to the purpose of carrying on said Glass-manufactory and 
paying incidental charges; and that Timothy Farrar, Esq., Jacob Ab- 
bott, Esq., and Francis Blood, Esq., and the major part of them be, and 
hereby are appointed and authorized to carry the said Lottery into exe- 
cution in such form, manner, and way, as they shall deem most effectual 
to promote and accomplish the end and design proposed : All which 
they are to complete within the term of one year from the passing this 
Act. And that they render an account of their proceedings, relative to 
the same, to the General Court of this State, when thereto required. 
And that before they enter upon the business, they severally make sol- 
emn oath before some Justice of the Peace for said County, faithfully 
to discharge the trust hereby reposed in them. And be it further 
enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Timothy Farrar, Jacob 
Abbott, and Francis Blood, Esq., or the major part of them, be, and 
they hereby are, fully empowered to pay to the said Robert Hewes the 
money raised as aforesaid, deducting their necessary charges for the pur- 
pose aforesaid, — Provided, they shall judge, that by means thereof, he 
will effectually carry on said Business, and not otherwise. 

State of New Hampshire. 
Ix the House of Eepkesentatives, March 30th, 1781. 
. The foregoing Bill having been read a third time, — Yoted that it pass 
to be enacted. Sent up for concurrence. 

John Langdon, Speaker. 
3 Taken from a " Book of Acts of the H. Gen. Court." 1780-84, pp. 223-4. 



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In Council, 30th March, 1781. 
This Bill was read three times, and voted that the same be enacted. 

M. Weare, President. 

Glafs- Works Lottery. N°lt 




CLASS, the FIRST. | 

^ ^ H I S TICKET entitles the Bearer to receive fuch | 
Prize as may be drawn againft its Number, in a Lottery * 
fj* eftablifhed by an Act of the General Court of the State of % 
'-New-Hampshire, March 30, A. D. 1781, to encourage* 
the manufactory of Glass. ^ 

E . * 

5K 

The Glass-House was 65 feet square, and about as high as 
the old Meeting-House (the one built 1779-85.) It was 
raised with pulleys, "teakles," &C. 1 Francis Cragin was the 
master-workman. 2 It was situated about a mile from New 
Ipswich North Line, and half a mile from Sharon East Line. 3 
It appears from the Petition at the opening of this chapter, 
that Mr. Hewes took his men to Temple during the month of 
May, 1780. Samuel Hewes, of Roxbury, (a cousin of Robert 
Hewes, and now a deaf and blind, but still brilliant, old gen- 
tleman of 93 : the man to whom I am most indebted for what 
I have to relate hereafter of Robert Hewes,) says that he 
went to New Hampshire because land, wood and labor were 
cBeaper there than elsewhere. Many people wonder where he 
got his sand. I have heard but one tradition contrary to the 
general belief that he got it in the neighborhood of his 
works, (which belief is founded on the fact that the quality 
of glass made was not the finest, that to bring sand a great 
distance would be almost preposterous, and that when he 
writes of being obliged to go 60 miles after furnace-stones, he 
would assuredly have added a similar statement concerning 

1 Jesse Spofford. 

2 Augustus Cragin. 

3 1 have visited the site of the "Old Glass-House" four several times: first with 
J. W. Walton, of New Ipswich, and S. Arthur Bent, of Yale College; secondly with 
Dr. G. M. Gi-ige; a third time with Wm. Arthur Preston, Esq.; and lastly with Dr. 
Gage. Mr. W. had long been acquainted with the locale, and pointed out the remains 
of Joshua Todd's, Caleb Maynard's and other houses. One gentleman remarked the 
Scandinavian character of the place, while the Doctor, with the sagacity peculiar to 
men of his profession, set to work diligently on the ruins. He was fortunate enough 
to lay bare the regular walls of one of the furnaces, which were evidently built of 
fire-proof or glazed brick; he also detected the fact that the adjacent outhouses were 
log-built, by searching for and finding clay at the foundation. 



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his sand, if the distance had warranted, &c, &c.,) and that is, 
that it came from Magog pond, in Littleton, Mass. 1 Bottles 
were the principal article of manufacture. " I was very 
young at that time," writes Mr. ITewes, of Piqua, "but 
remember seeing the glass decanters, etc., which my mother 
told me were made at his glass-works in New Hampshire." 
The lottery was a failure. The tickets wouldn't sell as 
expected, 2 and little was done afterward. 

Robert ITewes was an extraordinary man. Everything 
that relates to him is of interest. Mr. Hewes, of Piqua, 
writes, " He was very ingenious and industrious, a great 
reader, and had an excellent education." "He taught the 
Scotch Highland broad sword to the officers of the army in 
the Revolution, and, if I recollect rightly, he taught a 
company of Boston cavalry, and composed and published a 
considerable book on the art of defence. I learned the 
broad-sword defence of him about 1812." 

He was born in Boston, Mass., A. D., 1751, though begot- 
ten in London. His mother's maiden name was Ann Rose 
Frye. His father, who died while Robert was yet young, left 
him the snug property of $50,000, most of which he had 
probably acquired in the tallow-chandlery business, 2 and we 
find Robert engaged in the same business in 1780. In one of 
twelve volumes of some English Encyclopedia, which his 
father gave him, was an Essay upon Glass-making. Robert's 
mind, which was singularly bold and enthusiastic, fastened 
upon the subject, and nothing, not even his wife, who was 
opposed, could deter him, but that he would make an article 
hitherto not made in America. His first experiment was 
successful, and the product, a green-tinted circular plate, was 
presented by him to the cabinet of Harvard University. 2 His 
subsequent failure must alone be attributed to the vile 
casualty which destroyed his works. He retrieved his for- 
tunes in after life, and his taxes grew larger year by year. 

In 1795, he was a manufacturer of soap and glue. 1800, 
"late hog-butcher, now out of business." 1804, fencing- 
master. The Boston Directory of 1825, a rare book, has 
"Hewes, Robert, surgeon bone-setter, corner of Essex; 
Poland starch-maker, 372 Washington street. Teacher 
sword exercise, Boylston Market." 1829, Gentleman. 



i Wm. H. Howard. 



2 Samuel Hewes, Esq., Eoxbury. 



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173 



He lived on the corner of Essex and Washington streets, 
in a large house, with a spacious court, and magnificent 
shade-trees. Old residents 1 relate that they have often seen 
him, in his dressing-gown, play with the peacocks and paro- 
quets in his yard. He was short, a bit rotund, of light 
complexion, and very active. " Sally," said he to his house- 
keeper, " I am 75 years old to-day, and I can handle broad- 
sword better than any young man in Boston." 2 He had also 
a wide celebrity as a surgeon, and Hewes's Liniment was a 
fine thing, known to pharmacy. Wm. H. Montague, Esq., 
of Boston, once went to consult him. " I remember his say- 
ing to me," says Mr. M., " 'I made this Liniment and the bot- 
tles it is in.' " 

The u Columbian Centinel," July 21, 1830, contains the 
obituary. " In this city, Dr. Robert Hewes, aged 79 ; long 
known as a celebrated bone-setter and fencing-master." Ac- 
cording to the City Register, he died of old age, and was 
buried in tomb No. 18, Central Burying-Ground, (on the 
Common.) There is no name on the tomb. He left no chil- 
dren, 3 his wife being barren. 

1 James Patten, Esq., Wm. H. Montague, Boston. 

2 Mrs. A. Felton, Boston. 

3 Samuel Hewes, Esq., Roxbury. 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

Bears — Major HeaM — "William Mansnr —The Bounty on Wolves — Bounty on Crows 
— Wild Pigeons in 1817 — Edwards' Diary — Trouting Exploits. 

"As there are planets for man, there may just as well be planets for fishes or for birds." 

Gothe. 

Bears. — -The ursine tribe was very numerous here. There 
must have been a great many killed at an early date, but we 
have only recent accounts. Major Heald owned two bear- 
traps. 1 E They are described as having been of steel, very 
large, closing a foot high, and not easily "set" without 
levers. The teeth were those of a fox-trap, only larger, and 
" closing under instead of over." 2 

In September, 1808, Major Heald caught a large bear in 
a trap in Theodore Barker's cornfield, which weighed 300 
lbs. dressed, and another in Joseph Searle's field. In 1815, 
was the last remembered great bear-hunt. 1 It was character- 
ized by apparent invulnerability on the part of the bear, and a 
kind of frenzied excitement on that of his pursuers ; while 
the rumor is that many a marksman practically owned to a 
species of that most deplorable disease among Western 
huntsmen, known as the "buck-ague." All day fled bruin 
before the conjugated furor of Temple and Lyndeboro, 
" shinning up " half-a-dozen mountains, and beating down 
again into the passes, whenever the dogs made too near 
ricochets on the cliffs around him. Night was falling, when 
Ebenezer Killam gave him his death-wound. It appeared, on 
this occasion, that the old " flint-lock " was a style of gun 
little adapted to the wants of a winter sportsman, by reason 
of the snow's falling from the trees into the pans, which made 
the powder quite insensible to the virtue there was in sparks. 
Had Major Heald, who was greater than an una Major, been 
alive, I think the bear would have dropped before the sun 
did. The last time the Major ascended "Heald Mountain " 
to set his traps, being then an old man, he became very much 



i J. Childs. 



2 Esq. Stiles. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



175 



exhausted, and had gotten no more than half way down when 
he was so faint as to be obliged to send his son Nathan after 
his horse, that he might ride down ; 1 and, when he arrived 
home, he declared to his son (I presume with tears in his 
eyes) that this was the last time he should ever ascend that 
mountain ; and so it was. 

Panthers. — Deacon N. Wheeler's story of a panther's 
appearing to William Mansur, is corroborated by that gentle- 
man's descendants. The Deacon relates : " William Mansur 
was an early settler, and I suppose the first on the lot that 
Sumner Blanchard now owns. 2 He shut up his dog at home, 
and started for Methuen : crossed the river S. E. from his 
house at the ford-way. He soon heard his dog yelping after 
him, and, looking, saw a panther following. The dog ran 
under a heap of brush ; the panther sprang upon the top of 
it, as a cat after a mouse. The clog left the brush, and ran 
to his master for protection. Mr. Mansur faced the creature, 
smote the ground with his staff, and made as formidable an 
appearance as possible, and he supposed that, by the help of 
his scarlet vest, he terrified the animal so far that he was 
pleased to walk away, and leave him to pursue his journey." 
A grandchild of Mr. Mansur's remembers being told that the 
wolves very frequently sat upon the hill around the house, 
and stared into the windows, and the bears could be distinctly 
heard calling their cubs under the hill. 

In 1818, James Childs and Thomas Brown caught " a com- 
mon wild cat or Siberian lynx in a snare set for a rabbit." 
Benjamin Whiting, Simon Farrar, Jr. and Samuel Avery shot 
a " catamount " about the year 1812. 3 All these names may 
stand for the same animal, for people were neither zoologists 
nor terminologists at that time, and, of all races, the feline 
has been most wofully misnomered. 

Wolves. — March, 1783. "V. to give 10 dollars to any 
Town inhabitant that kills a grown wolf and brings ye head 
to ye Selectmen & has ye ears cut off by them." 1786. " V. 
that Joshua Haynes be intitlecl ye Bounty for a wolf caught 
in ye interim between ye expiration of ye first vote respecting 
wolf-bounty and ye last." Not many wolves or foxes were 

1 Oliver Boynton, New Ipswich. 

2 " The falls in Souhegan river, at William Mansur's, Sept. 14, 1762." — Hist, of 
Mason, p. 47. 

3 Oliver Boynton. 



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presented for bounty. 1 Bears remained longer in the region 
than wolves. Ensign Jonas Brown told James Child that the 
woods were full of wolves when he came to town, and the 
way to catch them was to drag a carcass some distance, and 
there set their traps. Deacon Wheeler says his father found 
five wolves in his cow-yard about the year 1781. 

Foxes. — " The fox, who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and 
lock'd up, will have a wild trick of his ancestors," is even 
now occasionally seen and hunted. I think no one can dis- 
pute that foxes have kept up their old reputation for cunning 
ever since iEsop. It might have been thirty years ago that 
J. Childs caught one in a steel-trap. Reynard lay with closed 
eyes, relaxed limbs, and very sanctimonious face, looking 
death so much " to the life,'' that, had the foreman of a dozen 
iEsopian juries pronounced the conventional " dead, dead, 
dead!''' nothing could have seemed more appropriate, for 
nothing, to all appearance, could be deader than he was. 
Reynard, however, had overlooked the precious inadequacy of 
the only ostensible cause of his death, viz., a slight wound in 
one leg, and Mr. C, not failing to observe the same, soon 
discovered that breath was in the deceiver, albeit very slowly 
drawn, and with a view to lead people to an erroneous con- 
clusion as to his present condition in the world. Percussed 
upon a rock, he showed abundant life in the agonies of death. 
No more hen-roost pirating for Monsieur Reynard. 

The species of fox in the region are the red and silver, 
(and a third, which is a "cross between the two.") 

Beaver, Mink, etc. — On the farm now owned by John 
Giddings, is an old beaver-dam, where, it is said, Major Heald 
used to catch beavers. 1 ["'1804, Oct. ye 19 th , shot a mink." 2 ] 
Musquash are occasional. 

Crows. — Whether or not crows do more hurt than good, 
is a mooted question among farmers. Scientific people, we 
believe, claim an indulgence for this bird. Since the year 
1797, there has usually been a bounty given for the heads of 
crows. The bounty was 17 cents per head until 1806 : since 
that time 25 cents, unless recently changed. In 1798-9 and 
1800, over 70 crows were presented for the bounty. In 
1835, "114 crows." In 1810, '-bounty continued for 60 days 
only?'' 



1 Esq. Stiles. 



2 E. Edwards' Diaries. 



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177 



Wild Turkeys — Wild Ducks. — The original country 
here is said to have been the habitat (or natural residence) 
of the wild turkey. John Barker killed one, about the year 
1790, weighing 18 lbs. dressed. 1 Theodore Barker tamed 
some between 1785-90. 1 Archelaus Cummings also had a 
flock of tamed ones. 2 He kept a small bell on the cock-tur- 
key's neck, for a sign to the rest : thus managed, they would 
take to the woods with instinctive zeal, but return again. To 
catch wild turkeys, grain of some sort was the bait employed. 1 

In 1858, James Heald killed three wild ducks in "Killam's 
pond " at one shot. 

Wild Pigeoxs — Eagles. — Some years have brought 
great numbers of the wild pigeon among us ; other years 
hardly any at all. Immense was the emigration in the spring 
of 181 7. 3 The sky was clouded from mountain to mountain. 3 
When walking in the woods, you thought surely it thundered ; 
a flock of pigeons had started up. 4 jSTo shot was wasted ; 
pebble-stones would bring down three at a time, and Herman 
Batchelder lowered six with a single charge of "plugs " (or 
small bits of wood) on one occasion. 3 

You may look for these either in spring or fall, though 
some stragglers remain at other seasons. 3 

Eagles are caught or killed very rarely. One was caught 
in a fox- trap, in December, 1820, whose quills were 19 inches 
long. 3 

Other Animals. — Hedgehogs, conies, spotted rabbits, 
squirrels, red, grey, black and chippering, sables, (at an early 
date) woodchucks, weasels, black snakes, adders, skunks, 
partridges, owls, hawks, woodpeckers — these are most 
numerous. 

In 1824, Simon Farrar, James Childs and Barnard (of 

Boston) treed 60 grey squirrels in one day : they shot 45 of 
them. 3 Squirrels were uncommonly numerous this year, and 
one of the parties, that autumn, shot a hundred greys. 

Shad, Suckers, Trout, etc. — [Extracts from E. Edwards' 
diary here follow chronologically :] 

"1803, April ye 22 d . Fair & pleasant wind a N. W. Augus- 
tus fortunate in catching trouts." "May ye 17 th . Warm & 
pleasant, wind W. Did but little. Caught 1 shad." "Aug. 
ye 2 d . Heard ye fall mourners for ye first time." " 1805, 

1 Esq. Stiles. 2 Deacon X. Wheeler, s j. Childs. 4 J. W. W T alton, N. Ipswich. 

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April ye 1 st . Peeping frogs heard at evening." " May 8 th . 
Caught 1 shad." 

" About the year 1834, Searle's dam was washed away: the 
brook was found to be " fall of suckers" The next day some 
one (or more) got " 60 weight." It was a very cold da} r , and 
the net froze immediately it was taken out of the water. 
Fifty years ago, trout weighing half a pound might be taken 
any day. Elbridge G-. Cutter caught one in 1831, weighing 
If lbs. dressed. Elias Colburn took 240 in one day of 1857. 
During that year, this gentleman counted 2,130 of his own 
getting. He states that it ordinarily requires about 200 to 
weigh 8 or 9 lbs. before dressing. The largest he ever caught 
weighed \\ lbs. E. C. is an amateur. 



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CHAPTER XIX. 



Casualties — Daniel Drury's Children — Thomas Maynard — Wilton Disaster — Struck 
by Lightning — Other Casualties. 

" Daniel Drury built a house and barn on land N. E. from Nathan C. 
Holt's house, known since by the name of Daniel's pasture. He and his 
wife, after putting their two children to bed, went on an evening visit. 
On their return they found the house in names. The children perished. 1 
The house was never rebuilt, and Dan'l Drury was not living in 1779" 

Thomas Maynard was lost, as the Oration commemorates, 
on the 7th of August, 1769. We insert the entire elegy there 
referred to. It was printed under the title — 

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD WHO WAS LOST IN TEMPLE, N. H. 



Come all you loving parents dear, 
And dearest friends these lines who hear; 
A stranger thing you never knew, 
Although it is most certain true. 

n. 

'T is of a farmer I do write, 
Who had three children fair and bright ; 
The oldest was a son, we hear, 
Beloved of his parents dear. 

hi. 

His parents did in Temple dwell, 
Which thing I do know very well ; 
He was but about five years old, 
As unto me for truth is told. 



IV. 

He was a youth of worthy fame, 
And Thomas Maynard was his name ; 
And now behold with bleeding heart, 
How he and his dear parents part. 

v. 

'T was in the midst of harvest-time, 
In seventeen hundred sixty-nine ; 
His father full three miles did go 
To work, his son with him also. 

VI. 

Now when they had been there awhile, 
" Sir, I'll go home," then said the child. 
His father gave him leave to go, 
And set him in the way also. 



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vii. 

His father, thinking he would find 
The way, was easy in his mind, 
Went back to reaping rye, therefore, 
But never saw his son no more. 

VIII. 

Here now we '11 leave him for a while, 
And mark what did befall the child 
Who since he left his father dear, 
Never but once was seen, we hear. 

IX. 

A maid saw him full half a mile 
From where the father left the child ; 
He after that never, again 
By any mortal eye was seen. 

x. 

It was supposed he missed his way, 
And then into the woods did stray. 
Where now we '11 leave him for to mourn, 
While to his father now we '11 turn, 

XI. 

Who coming home, though very late, 
Indeed no comfort he could take, 
They did him with such news surprise 
As made him fetch most bitter sighs. 

XII. 

Their child was lost, they knew not where, 
No mortal else that could declare ; 
Hereat they were sorely amazed, 
And shortly they their neighbors raised. 

XIII. 

Their friends at all no pains did spare, 
But looked for him with utmost care ; 
They searched for him most speedily, 
But all in vain, as you shall see. 

XIV. 

This news being quickly sent abroad, 
By many a one, on many a road, 
Together hundreds quickly came 
To search the hills and every plain. 

xv. 

They together did agree 

To look for him most speedily; 

They searched the hills and valleys low, 

Mountains and cragged rocks also. 

XVI. 

But now behold, my friends, and see 

A spirit generous and free 

La gentlemen of high renown, 

In Temple and its neighboring towns. 

XVII. 

No real pains they did withhold, 
Parting with silver and with gold, 
The wants of them to satisfy, 
Who sought the child most faithfully. 



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XVITT. 

Oh ! may they well rewarded be, 
Living in all prosperity, 
And when grey hairs on them increase, 
May they go to their graves in peace. 

XIX. 

'T was almost twenty days, we hear, 
They looked for him, both far and near, 
But, he, alas, could not be found 
Although they searched the country round. 

xx. 

Thus they concluded he was dead, 
Or by some beast devoured ; 
Gave out to look for him also ? 
Homewards each company did go. 

XXI. 

And now behold his parents dear, 
And friends in many a bitter tear ; 
They sigh and grieve continually, 
And for him weep most bitterly. 

xxn. 

In 'bout two mouthy, I understand, 
Some men went out to measure land, 
And as they were running a line, 
Some of his clothes they chanced to find. 

XXIII. 

His stockings tied together there, 
Were found by them, as they declare ; 
His kilts and shirt they found, also 
Some hair that on his head did grow. 

XXIV. 

Hearing the news, there presently 
Went out another company, 
With full intent and noble mind, 
To see if they some more could find. 

XXV. 

Searching again most faithfully, 
At length his jacket they did spy; 
Just by the same they found his shoes, 
As I in brief declare to you. 

XXVI. 

Now when he died, we cannot tell ; 
No mortal else, it's known full well; 
We s'pose that he did sigh and cry, 
Till with great hunger he did die. 

XXVII. 

The weather being hot as June, 
We do suppose his flesh consumed, 
And that his bones some evil beast 
Destroyed, or carried off at least. 

XXVIII. 

No more than what is mentioned here 
Was found by them, as they declare, 
To satisfy his parents, who, 
What time he died, they never knew. 



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XXIX. 

And now, my friends, mark well and see 
In what a doleful manner he 
Must perish, as we do suppose ; 
Now shortly we these lines will close. 

XXX. 

Oh ! pray let this a warning be, 
For by it we may plainly see 
Nothing on earth to us is sure, 
So much as life one single hour. 

XXXI. 

God only gives, and he can take 
Our dearest friends, our whole estate. 
We all were formed by his hand, 
And must submit to his command. 

XXXII. 

Come all good people, far and near, 
Both high and low, these lines who hear, 
If that offended you I have, 
I kindly your forgiveness crave. 

XXXIII. 

If you the truth of this would know, 
To Temple in New Hampshire go — 
I take that town to testify 
Whether I speak the truth, or lie. 

Wilton Disaster. — There is an account of this disaster 
in " The Massachusetts Gazette & the Boston Weekly News 
Letter/' for Thursday, Sept. 23,1773. It is an "Extract 
of a letter dated Sept. 13, 1773:" 

" Last Tuesday, the most melancholy accident of the kind happened 
at Wilton in New Hampshire Government that, perhaps, has heen known 
in the country. A large company was collected there to raise a meeting- 
house & they got up the body of it, the Beams & Joists & on these had 
laid a large quantity of boards for the more convenient standing. They 
had also raised part of the Roof, in doing which they had had occasion for a 
number of crowbars & axes, which rested on the building, while the Peo- 
ple got together, and were in the act of raising another double pair of 
Principals with a King-Post, when on a sudden the Beam under them 
broke at the mortise in the middle, by which upwards of 50 persons fell 
to the bottom of the House, with the Timber, Boards, Bars, Axes, &c, 
and exhibited a scene to the astonished spectators around the house (for 
there were no persons in the bottom of it, all having withdrawn through 
fear of what might happen) which can 't be described, and could only be 
equalled by .the Blood & Brains, shrieks & Groans of the dead & 
wounded, which were immediately seen & heard. Three were killed 
outright, another survived but a short time, & several others have since 
died of their wounds. Of fifty-three that fell, not one escaped without 
broken bones, terrible bruises or wounds from the axes : — And as they 



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were men picked from that and the neighboring towns, and many of 
them heads of families, the news of their catastrophe filled those places 
with Weeping, Lamentation & Woe, & may fitly mind us all that " Man 
knoweth not his time," but " at such an hour as we think not, the Son of 
Man cometh." 

We subjoin the names of those Temple men who were 
wounded, (for none were killed.) " Peter Brown, Benj. Cra- 
gin, Nathaniel Shattuck, Joshua Foster, Isaac Brewer, and 
Stephen Saunders." 

Struck by Lightning. — From " The Independent Chron- 
icle and the Universal Advertiser, Boston, Thursday, Sept. 
25, 1777." 

" We hear from Temple in the State of New Hampshire, that a very 
surprising and sorrowful Providence was effected there of late, by Light- 
ning, as will appear from a relation of the event, which is as follows : 
On the 15th of this Instant, P. M., a heavy vapour or cloud arose from 
the N. W. Point and stretched across the horizon with unusual Black- 
ness, from whence, on a sudden, a large body of Electric fire burst upon 
the Top of the middle spars or Principals, next the chimney of the 
dwelling-house belono-ino; to Mr. Wm. Searle 1 of that Town, which in 
Heighth was several feet above the adjacent Part of the building, and 
from thence diffused almost through every part of that end of the House, 
rending to Pieces, Boards and Timbers with prodigious Force, ejecting 
them from the Hoof and other Parts of the Building. And in its main 
course down the South Spar or Principal, it took into the beam below, 
and cleft it asunder, and falling upon two of his children, who were stand- 
ing within, near the Door, under the Beam, killed them instantaneously. 
And what was very remarkable indeed, a little Grandchild belonging to 
the Family, was found standing betwixt the dead, unhurt, excepting a 
small splinter which struck across one end of its wrist, and just by them 
there was another child untouched. So great was the Explosion that three 
persons in the. other Part of the House were struck down by the concus- 
sion, but were all soon recovered, excepting the unhappy Pair, who were 
very promising children, the one a Son in his twelfth, & the other 
a Daughter in her Tenth Year, whose remains were - the Day following 
interred in one Grave." 

In 1799, Amos Felt was killed at Waltham, Mass. [See 
Felt Gen.] John Taggart, of Sharon, was frozen to death 
near " Spafford's Gap," 1805. He was about 75 years of 
age. John F. Ordway, aged 18. was carried over the water- 
wheel, at David Stiles' forge, 1810, and killed. Quincy Ad- 

1 Now Solon Mansfield's, Eange III, Lot 7. (Dea. N. Wheeler. J 



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ains, in the winter of 1814-15, fell through his sled, was 
crushed, and died soon after. Jonas Lowell, aged about 30, 
was killed, Sept 23, 1825, by a wagon running over him on a 
Mason road. Solomon Cutter was badly hurt by his sled, in a 
deep snow, was unable to reach home, and froze to death, 
Dec. 26, 1831. Simon Farrar, in the spring of 1841, was 
thrown from his wagon on a Milford road, and so injured that 
he died. Jesse Spafford was killed. Sept. 11, 1851. u He 
was placing rollers under a building which he would move, 
when one of them caught on him and ran up his body. Some 
inward vessel was broken and he died in a few hours." His 
age was 54. Betsy, the aged wife of Capt. Elias Boynton, 
was so badly burned by her clothes taking fire, that she died 
the day of the accident, Oct. 13, 1853. Mrs. Hodkins, an 
English lady, was discovered dead in a well, July 31, 1857. 

Suicide. — Joseph Heald was found suspended by a rope in 
his barn, sometime during the winter of 1803-4. He had been 
deranged. 



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CHAPTER XX. 

TEMPLE FLORA. 1 

Berries. — Berries are becoming more and more a luxury, 
every year. It is now perfectly feasible to preserve them 
fresh for months, and even entire seasons. It is some won- 
. der that people do not more generally use the means to this 
preservation, which are in their hands, so excellent a resource 
would it prove in case some other fruitage were cut short. 
We give the botanical names of the various species. Check - 
erberry, (Gaultheria Procumbens) ; Strawberry, (Fragaria 
Yirginiana) ; Low Blueberry, (Yaccinium Pennsylvanicum) ; 
High Blueberry, (Yaccinium Corymbosum.) Blueberries are 
very abundant upon the Spofford and Fuller Mts. Great 
quantities are annually sent to market. Raspberry, (Rubus 
Strigosus); Low Blackberry, (Rubus Canadensis); High 
Blackberry, (Rubus Yillosus). There are but few huckle- 
berry bushes in town. It is said that blueberries "have in- 
creased a hundred fold within twenty-five years." Cranberry, 
(Oxycoccus Palustris or Macrocarpus) ; Elderberry, (Sambu- 
cus Canadensis). The expressed juice of this berry makes a 
highly-valued wine. 

April. — Among the earliest harbingers of our Spring, we find 
the Ejngcsa Repens, Trailing Arbutus ; Hepatica Triloba, Liv- 
erwort ; Sanguinaria Canadensis, Blood Root ; Thalictrum 
Anemonoides, Rue Anemone ; Ranunculus Fascicularis, Early 
Crowfoot ; Anemone Nemorosa, Wood Anemone ; Potenlilla 
Canadensis, Common Cinquefoil ; Potenlilla Argentea, Silv<jry 
Ciuquefoil; Viola Ocafa, Ovate-leaved Yiolet ; Tussilago 
Furfara, Colt's Foot ; Amelanchier Canadensis, Wild Service 
berry. 

1 The material of this chapter was mostly furnished me bv two highly educated 
ladies; one a former school teacher in Temple, now resident in New Ipswich, the o:her 
a native of Temple, now a teacher in Mt. Hoi voke Seminary. 

24 



186 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



May. — Ranunculus Abortivus, Round-leaved Crowfoot; Cal- 
tha Palustris, Marsh Marigold ; Coptis Trifolia, Gold-thread ; 
Aquilegia Canadensis, Wild Columbine; Rhododendron Nudi- 
florum, Swamp Pink : Thalictrum Dioicum, Early Meadow Rue ; 
Poly gala Paucifolia, Fringed Polygala; Houstonia Ccerulia, 
Dwarf Pink, Innocence, or Quaker Lady; Trientalis Ameri- 
cana, Chickweed Wintergreen; Viola Cucullata, Hood-leaved 
Violet; Viola Muhlenbergii, Muhlenberg's Violet; Viola 
Blanda, Sweet-scented Violet ; Viola Lanceolata, Lance-leaved 
Violet ; Viola Rotund/folia, Round-leaved Violet ; Viola Pu- 
bescens, Common Yellow Violet ; Mitella Diphylla, Bishop's 
Cap ; Corydalis Glauca, Glaucous Corydalis ; Geranium Ro- 
bertianum, Herb Robert; Trillium Erectum, Bath Flower; 
Trillium Erythrocaipum, Smiling Wake-robin ; Erythronium 
Americanum, Yellow Erythronium ; Convallaria, Bifolia, Two- 
leaved Solomon's Seal; Uvularia Sessilifolia, Wild Oats;. Uvu- 
laria Perfoliata, Mealy Bellwort ; Cornus Stolonifera, White- 
berried Cornel ; Cornus Paniculata, White or panicled Cor- 
nel; Cornus Florida, Flowering Dogwood ; Cornus Canadensis, 
Low Cornel, or Dogwood. 

June. — Ranunculus Acris, Butter-cups ; Helianthemum Can- 
adense, Rock Rose ; Rosa Rubiginosa, Eglantine ; Rubus 
Odoratus, Mulberry; Oenothera Biennis, Common Evening 
Primrose; Oenothera Pumila, Dwarf Evening Primrose; 
Zizia Aurea, Golden Alexander ; Cornus Altemi foil a ; Vibur- 
num Lentago, Sweet Viburnum ; Mitchella Rcpens, Partridge 
Berry ; Kalmia Latifolia, Mountain Laurel ; Kahnia Angusti- 
folia, Narrow-leaved Laurel ; Arum Triphyllum, Jack-in-the- 
Pulpit; Lilium Phil adelp lit cum, (rare); Convallaria Racemosa, 
Clustered Solomon's Seal. 

July. — ISymphcea Odorata, Water Lily ; Spircea Tomentosa, 
Steeple-bush; Spircea Salicifolia, Queen of the Meadow; 
Lobelia Cardinalis, Cardinal Flower, (rare); Pyrola Elliptica, 
Pear-leaved Wintergreen; Pyrola Secunda, One-sided Pyrola; 
Chimaphila TJmbellata, Prince's Pine ; Linaria Vulgaris, Snap- 
dragon ; Apocynum Androscemifolium, Dog's-bane; Asclepias 
Cornuti, Common Silk-weed; Medeola Virgiiiica, Cucumber- 
root. 

August. — Clematis Virginia.na, Virgin's Bower; Impatiens 
Fulva, Jewel Weed; Eupatorium Purpureum} Eupatorium 
Perfoliatum, Boneset ; Solidago Patula, Spreading Goldenrod; 
Solida go Allissima, Tall Goldenrod; Rudbeckia Hirto, Rough 
Cone-flower; Antenn aria Mar garitacea, Life Everlasting ; Inula. 
Helenium, Elecampane. 



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September. — Nabalus Altissimus, Tall Nabalus ; Gaultheria 
Procumbens, Wintergreen; Aster Multiflorus, Many-flowered 
Aster ; Aster Punicetts, Red-stalked Aster ; Aster Corymbosus, 
Corymbed Aster; Aster- Cor dif dim, Heart-leaved Aster; 
Diplopappus Umbellatus. 

Ferns. — Some of our ferns are the Aspidium Acrostichoides, 
Aspidium Margi?iale, Aspidium Dilatatum, Pteris Aquilina, 
Common Brake; Adiantum Pedatum, Maidenhair; Dicksonia 
Pilosiuscida, Onoclea Sensibilis, Sensitive Fern ; Osmunda Cin- 
namomea, Cinnamon-colored Fern ; Regalis Interrupta. 

Club Mosses. — Lycopodium Clavatum, Common Club Moss ; 
Lycopodhm Com plan atum, Ground Pine; Lycopodium Dendroi- 
deum, Tree Club Moss; Lycopodium Lucidulum, Shining Club 
Moss. 



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CHAPTER XXI 



MUNICIPAL, POLITICAL AND MUNICIPO-ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICERS. 



1 768. 

John Marshall, Moderator. 
Gershom Drury, Constable. 
Ephraim Heald, 

Joshua Todd, ^ Selectmen. 

Francis Blood, 

1769. 

Ebenezer Drury, Moderator. 

Thomas Marshall, Constable. 

Joshua Todd, ) 

John Marshall, > Tythingmen. 

Ephraim Heald, ) 

Oliver Heald, 1 

Francis Blood, > Selectmen. 

Joshua Todd, ) 

1770. 

John Marshall, Moderator. 
Peter Heald, Constable. 
John Marshall, ") 
Zedekiah Drury, >- Selectmen. 
Ebenezer Drury, ) 

1771. 

John Marshall, Moderator. 

John Marshall, Constable. 

Joseph Richards, ^ 

Abraham Dinsmore, }~ Tythingmen. 

John Maynard, ) 

Samuel Howard, ^ 

Thomas Marshall, >• Selectmen. 

Zechariah Emery, ) 

1772. 

Thomas Marshall, Moderator. 
John Everett, Constable. 

} Tythingmen. 

Thomas Marshall, ) 

Ezekiel Jewett, >- Selectmen. 

John Heald, ) 



1773. 

Zedekiah Drury, Moderator. 

Zechariah Emery, Constable. 

Seth Cobb, > rp f , . 

y l -t-\ , y lytnmgmen. 

Jacob h oster, ) * c 

John Cragin, ) 

Gershom Drury, >• Selectmen. 

David Spafford, ) 

1774. 

Ephraim Heald, Moderator. 
Joseph Richards, Constable. 
Ezekiel Jewett, ) rp ,-i • 
Peter Felt, \ Tythingmen. 

Zebadiah Johnson, ") 

Seth Cobb, > Selectmen. 

Robert Fletcher, ) 

1775. 

John Cragin, Jr., Moderator. 
John Heald, Constable. 
Zebadiah Johnson, ) rp .i • 
Zedekiah Drury, Jr., } * s 
Samuel Howard, S 

^ Selectmen. 



Robert Fletcher, 
Ephraim Brown, 



1776. 

John Cragin, Jr., Moderator. 
Francis Blood, Representative. 
Ephraim Heald, Constable. 
Timothy Austins, 7 m 
John Stiles, [Tythingmen. 

John Cragin, Jr., 1 

Oliver Heald, > Selectmen. 

George Start, ) 

1777. » 
Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Benjamin Cragin,. Constable. 
John Patten, ) m ,,• 

William Seade, jTjtkngmen. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



189 



Samuel Howard, 
John Cragin, Jr.. 
Oliver Heald, 



Selectmen. 



Tythingmen. 



Tythingmen. 



1778. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Francis Blood, Representative. 
Robert Fletcher, Constable. 
Eldad Spafford, 
William Drury, 
Samuel Howard, 
Francis Blood, Selectmen, 
Aaron Felt, ) 

1779. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 

Abraham Dinsmore, Constable. 

William Drury, ) rp • 

-n, . „ y' y lythmgmen. 

Irancis Cragin, ) J ° 

Samuel Howard, i 

Francis Blood, >■ Selectmen. 

Aaron Felt, ) 

1780. 

John Cragin, Moderator. 
Francis Blood, Representative. 
Aaron Felt, Constable. 
James Perrey, 
Oliver Whiting, 
Samuel Howard, 

Francis Blood, )~ Selectmen. 

Eldad Spafford, 

1781. 

John Cragin, Moderator. 

Francis Blood, Representative. 

George Start, Constable. 

William Searle, ) rp • 

x> • • rp ' T y lythmgmen. 

Benjamin lenney,Jr ) J ° 

Samuel Howard, ~] 

John Cragin, Jr., | 

Francis Blood, )■ Selectmen. 

Francis Cragin, 

Peter Felt, J 

1782. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 

Francis Blood, Representative. 

Jacob Foster, Constable. 

Timothv Austins, ) rp . 

John Patten, \ Tythingmen. 

Francis Blood, 

Arch's Cummings, 

Francis Cragin, y Selectmen. 

William Searle, 

John Patten, J 



1783. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 

Joseph Heald, Constable. 

Elias Colburn, ) . . 

-cu j r lythmgmen. 

Ebenezer Edwards, \ J c 

Samuel Howard, 1 

Francis Blood, y Selectmen. 

Benjamin Cutter, ) 

1784. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Francis Cragin, Representative. 
Eldad Spafford, Constable. 
Nathaniel Griffin, ) rp ■ 
Josiah Fisk, [ Tythingmen, 

Samuel Howard, j 

Francis Blood, > Selectmen. 

Ephraim Brown, ) 

(?) 58 Votes for Chief Mag- 



1785. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Francis Cragin, Constable. 
John Patten, ) rp ■ 

Nathan Wheeler, \ Tythingmen. 
Samuel Howard, 1 
Francis Blood, y Selectmen. 

Arch's Cummings, ) 
John Langdon, 49 > Votes for 
Scat, 5 j Chief Mag'ie. 

1786. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Francis Cragin, Representative. 
Ephraim Brown, Constable. 
Gershom Drury, 
Ebenezer Edwards, 
Samuel Howard, ") 
Arch's Cummings, >- Selectmen. 
Caleb Maynard, ) 
John Langdon, 70 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1787. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Benjamin Cutter, Constable. 
Elias Colburn, ) rp t , • 

Joseph Heald, j Tythingmen. 

Samuel Howard, "> 
Caleb Maynard, y Selectmen. 
Nathaniel Shattuck ) 
John Langdon, 70 ) Votes for 
Scat., 3 C Chief Mag'te 



I Tythingi 



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HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



1788. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Benjamin Cragin, Representative. 
Peter Felt, Constable. 
Capt. Wheeler, ) ^ . 
Ebenezer Edwards, { Tythingmen. 
Samuel Howard, 1 
Francis Blood, >- Selectmen. 

Nathaniel Shattuek, ) 
John Langdon, 58 ) Votes for 
Scat., 12 } Chief Mag'te. 

1789. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Joseph Heald, Constable. 
Oliver Farrar, 7 m ,i • 

AbialHolt, j Tythingmen. 

Samuel Howard, S 

Francis Blood, > Selectmen. 

Levi Pierce, j 

No rec'd of Votes for Chief Mag'te. 

1790. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 

Francis Cragin, Representative. 

Joseph Heald, Constable. 

Elias Colburn, ~1 

Ensign Walker, L ,,. 

Capt Drury, ^Tythingmen. 

Oliver Whiting, J 
Samuel Howard, ~) 
Benjamin Cragin, >- Selectmen. 
Silas Durkee, ) 
Josiah Bartlett, 68 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1791. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 

William Drury, Constable. 

John Ball, > m x i • 

t i x> xx >■ rythino;men. 

John Patten, j J ° 

Samuel Howard, S 

Benjamin Cragin, > Selectmen. 

Ebenezer Edwards, ) 

Josiah Bartlett, 64 Votes for Chief 

Magistrate. 

1792. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Francis Cragin, Representative. 
William Drury, Constable. 
John Patten, 7 m xi • 

Josiah Fisk, jTythmgmeii. 

Samuel Howard, 1 

Capt. E. Edwards, >- Selectmen. 

Daniel Heald, ) 

Josiah Bartlett, 71 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 



j-Tyth 



mgmen. 



1793. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Silas Durkee, Constable. 
Elias Boynton, 
John Searle, 
Samuel Howard, 
Francis Blood, ^ Selectmen. 

Daniel Heald, ) 
Josiah Bartlett, 78 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1794. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Abijah Wheeler, Representative. 
Silas Durkee, Constable. 
Gershom Drury, 
Levi Adams, 



Tythingmen. 



Samuel Howard, ~) 

Ebenezer Edwards, >• Selectmen. 

John Ball, ) 

John T. Gilman, 75 > Votes, for 

Scat., 3 I Chief Mag'te. 

1795. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Francis Blood, Jr., Constable. 
Joseph Searle, ) 
John Ball, >• Tythingmen. 

Daniel Searle, ) 
Samuel Howard, ) 
Ebenezer Edwards, > Selectmen. 
Jonas Brown, ) 
John T. Gilman, 63 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1796. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Stephen Austins, Constable. 
Gershom Drury, 

Ephraim Heald, ^ Tythingmen. 
Josiah Fisk, 
Samuel Howard, ' 
Ebenezer Edwards, V Selectmen. 
Jonas Brown, ) 
John T. Gilman, 92 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1797. 

Francis Blood, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Gershom Drury, Constable. 
Jonas Brown, ) rp . „ man 

Ephraim Heald, } Tythingmen. 

Samuel Howard, ) 
Francis Blood, >■ Selectmen. 

Ephraim Heald, ) 
John T. Gilman, 80 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 



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191 



Tythingmen. 



Tvthmumen. 



1798. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Gershom Drury, Constable. 
Ephraim Heald, 
Asa Howard, 
Samuel Howard, 
Francis Blood, V Selectmen. 

Ephraim Heald, ) 
John T. Gilman, 89 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1799. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Levi Adams, Constable. 
Ephraim Heald, 
E li as Boynton, 
Ebenezer Edwards, 
Caleb Maynard, y Selectmen. 
Daniel Heald, 
John T. Gilman, 76 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1800. 

Benjamin Cragin, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Levi Adams, Constable. 
Ephraim Heald, 
Daniel Searle, 
Ebenezer Edwards, ) 
Caleb Maynard, V- Selectmen. 
Daniel Heald, ) 
John T. Gilman, 94 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1801. 

Benjamin Cragin, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Royal Blood, Constable. 
Daniel Searle, ) m i • 

Benjamin Cragin, [ Tythmgmen. 
Ebenezer Edwards, "> 
Daniel Heald, I Selectmen, 

Francis Blood, Jr., ) 
John T. Gilman, 77 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 



Tvthinnmen. 



1802. 

Daniel Searle, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Caleb Maynard, Constable. 
Daniel Searle, 7 m ,i • _ 

Daniel Heald, } Tythmgmen. 

Daniel Searle, 5 

Francis Blood, Jr., >- Selectmen. 

David Patterson, ) 

John T. Gilman, 71 ) Votes for 

John Langdon, 12 ) Chief Mag'te. 

1803. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Jonas Davis, Constable. 
John Ball, . 



David Patterson, 
Daniel Searle, 
David Patterson, 
Daniel Heald, 
John T. Gilman, 74 



Tythingmen. 

Selectmen. 

Votes for 
Chief Mag'te. 



1804. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 

Jonas Davis, Constable. 

No record of any Tythingmen. 

Daniel Searle, ) 

David Patterson, >- Selectmen. 

Daniel Heald, ) 

John T. Gilman, 79 ) Votes for 

John Langdon, 36 ) Chief Mag'te. 

1805. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 

Jonas Davis, Constable. 

Daniel Searle, 1 

T >. ■ i it ,j y lythingmen. 

Daniel Heald, j • 8 

Daniel Searle, S 

William Howard, y Selectmen. 

Francis Blood, Jr., ) 

John T. Gilman, 100 ) Votes for 

John Langdon, 36 f Chief Mag'te. 1 



1 Remarkable for their intense jealousy of their freedom, during the Revolution, 
which had prompted them to give extraordinary instructions to their Representatives, 
no sooner had the political horizon become settled, than they paid little attention to 
the choice of Chief Magistrate, and not nearly all their votes were thrown until party 
spirit came to the rescue after the Presidential election of 1S04. In 1805 the votes for 
Governor were 21 more than on the previous year. So it is noticeable that the year 
succeeding each Presidential election the vote' for Governor is increased, and one would 
probably find that the operation of suffrage is almost as regular as the nodes in music. 
This applies to majorities; on the other hand, minorities, more intent, are commonly 
e^ual to themselves. 



192 



HTSTOPY OF TEMPLE. 



1806. 

E'oenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
David Stiles, Constable. 
Daniel Searle, ) 
Benjamin Cragin, j 
Daniel Searle, 1 
William Howard, y Selectmen. 
Francis Biood, Jr., ) 
Timothy Farrar, 79 ) Yotes for 
John Langdon, 31 J" Chief Mag'te. 

1807. 

Ebenezer Edwards. Moderator. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 

Nathaniel Barrett, Constable. 

Daniel Searle, 7 m tl ■ 

Ephraim Heald, ) J = 

Daniel Searle. 5 

Francis Blood, Jr., y Selectmen. 

David Stiles, ) 

Timothy Farrar, 46 > Yotes for 

John Langdon, 30 j Chief Mag'te. 

1808. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Nathaniel Barrett. Constable. 



Joseph Searle, 
Fisk, 



- Tvthinfrmen. 



Selectmen. 



Daniel Searle, 
Daniel Heald, 
William Howard, 
Timothy Farrar, 51 ") Yotes for 
John Langdon, 30 j" Chief Mag'te. 

1809. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Jonas Davis. Constable. 



Ebenezer Edwards, ) 



Tvthingmen. 



Benjamin Cragin, . j 
Danie! Searle, ) 
Daniel Heald, >■ Selectmen. 

William Howard, ) 
Jeremiah Smith, 101 > Yotes for 
John Langdon, 24 \ Chief Mag'te. 

1810. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Ebenezer Edwards, Representative. 
Artemas Wheeler, Constable. 
James Crombie, \ 



Simon Farrai 



y Tythingmen. 



1 Daniel Searle, *) 

William Howard, > Selectmen. 

David Patterson, ) 
j Jeremiah Smith, 100 ) Yotes for 

John Langdon, 25 ) Chief Mag'te. 

1811. 

j George W. Hawkins, Moderator. 

Daniel Searle, Representative. 

Francis Blood, Jr., Constable. 

No record of any Tythingmen. 

Daniel Searle, ") 
1 William Howard. y Selectmen. 
I George W. Hawkins, ) 
| Jeremiah Smith, 92 ) Yotes for 

John Langdon, 38 j" Chief Mag'te. 

1812. 

| David Patterson, Moderator, 
j Daniel Searle, Representative. 
! Francis Cragm, Constable. 



Daniel Clark. 



> Tvthin^men. 



j Benjamin Cragin, 

I Daniel Searle, ^ 

I Georo-e W. Hawkins, y Selectmen. 
David Stiles, ) 
John T. Gilman, 100 ) Yotes for 
William Plummer, 30 j Chief Mag'te. 

1813. 

: Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 

Daniel Searle, Representative. 

Jonas Davis. Constable. 

William Howard, ) rp . 

Edward Pratt, j - c 

j Daniel Searle, ) 
| George W. Hawkins, > Selectmen. 
', Simon Farrar, ) 
j John T. Gilman, 106 ) Yotes for 
\ William Plummer, 27 | Chief Mag'te 

1814. 

! David Patterson, Moderator, 
i Daniel Searle, Representative. 
! Francis Cragin, Constable. 

) 

Samuel Stearns, \ 
| Daniel Searle, i 
I Simon Farrar, y Selectmen, 

i James Crombie, ) 
i John T. Gilman, 105) ^ Votes for 
| William Plummer,27 j Chief Mag'te 

1815. 

i David Patterson. Moderator. 



Elias Colburn, 

L iytmngmen. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



193 



Tvthmumen. 



Tvthinjzmeii. 



David Patterson, Representative. 
Ebenezer Stiles, Constable. 
Elias Colburn, "] 
Silas Keyes, 
John Ball, 
David Patterson, J 
Daniel Searle, ^ 
James Crombie, > Selectmen. 
David Patterson, ) 
John T. Oilman, 103 > Votes for 
William Plummer, 32 | Chief Mag'te. 

1816. 

David Patterson, Moderator. 
James Crombie, Representative. 
Nathaniel Barrett, Constable. 
Nathan Wheeler, "j 
William Howard, i 
Stephen Brown, 
Ephraim Blood, J 
Daniel Searle, ) 
James Crombie, > Selectmen. 
John Houston, ) 
James Sheaf, 91 > Votes for 
William Plummer, 29 j" Chief Mag'te, 

1817. 

James Crombie, Moderator. 
James Crombie, Representative. 
Nathaniel Barrett, Constable. 
Silas Keyes, 
Nathan Wheeler, 
Daniel Searle, 

James Crombie, V- Selectmen. 
John Houston, ) 
James Sheaf, 85 ) y t es f ^ 
William Plummer, 37 . o e -f , ov ,. 
Jeremiah Mason, 3) Chief Ma § te * 

1818. 

James Crombie, Moderator. 
Archelaus Cummings, Representative 
Stephen Brown, Constable. 
Stephen Brown, Tythingman. 
Daniel Searle, 

Jesse Spofford, V Selectmen 
David Stiles, 
William Hale, 
William Plummer, 36 r 

Scat, 6 ) Chief Ma S t8 ' 



Tvthinsmen. 



° } Votes for 



1819. 

James Crombie, Moderator. 
Archelaus Cummings, Representative. 
Nathaniel Barrett, Constable. 

25 



Ebenezer Killam, 



Tythingmen. 



Tythingmen. 



Daniel Searle, 

Daniel Searle, 1 

Jesse Spofford, > Selectmen. 

Ebenezer Killam, ) 
I William Hale, 73 1 
I David L. Morrill, 14 ! Votes for 

Samuel Bell, 10 ( Chief Mag'te. 
Scat, 4 J 

1820. 

James Crombie, Moderator. 

Archelaus Cummings, Representative 

Nathaniel Barrett, Constable. 

Willard Searle, 

Silas Keyes, Jr., 

Nathan Wheeler, 

David Stiles, ^ Selectmen. 

Francis Blood, ) 

Samuel Bell, 14 ) v , r 

David L. Morrill, 10 }■ ni . ° l % 101 ' 
G . ' - ( Chief Mag te. 

Scat., 1 ) c 

1821. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator. 
Jesse Spofford, Representative. 
Wiiiiam H. Howard, Constable. 
Daniel Heald, ) m 

William Jewett, j Tythingmen. 

Nathan Wheeler, Jr., ) 
Josiah Walton, Jr., > Selectmen. 
John G. Dane, ) 
Joseph Burt, 21 ) 



Samuel Bell 
Scat, 



20 y 

3) 



Votes for 
Chief Mag'te. 



1822. 

David Stiles, Moderator. 
Jesse Spofford, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Silas Keyes, ) m 

Josiah Walton, Jr., [Tythingmen. 
Nathan Wheeler, Jr., 1 
Josiah Walton, Jr., y Selectmen. 
John G. Dane, ) 
Samuel Bell, 35) ^ . r 
David L.Morrill, 17 C ^otes for 



>cat, 



Chief MaVte. 



1823. 

Ebenezer Edwards, Moderator, 
Jesse Spofford, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Stephen Brown, 
Daniel Searle, 



Tythingmen. 



194 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



David Stiles, ) 
Francis Blood, y Selectmen. 

Levi Pierce, ) 
Levi Woodbury, 44 .) T7 - > r 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 35 C 1 otes for 



Scat. 



3) 



Chief Mag'te. 



1824. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 
Archelaus Cummings, Representative. 
Freeman Davis, Constable. 
Simon Farrar, 7 m 

Daniel Heald, \ Tythmgmen. 

David Stiles, ) 
Francis Blood, y Selectmen. 

Levi Pierce, ) 
Levi Woodburv, 58 ) ^ . r 
David L. Morrill, 28 [ n Jf e * ,* 
Scat., 7) Cmef Ma S te - 



1825. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

David Stiles, Representative. 

Francis Blood, Constable. 

William Jewett, ) m ^ • 

-vt , 1 n n y lvthmsrman. 

Nathan Colburn, \ < ~ 

Nathan Wheeler, ^ 

Jonathan Seaile, Jr., y Selectmen. 

Benjamin Whiting, ) 

David L. Morrill, 98 Votes for Chief 

Magistrate. 



1826. 

David Stiles, Moderator. 

David Stiles, Representative. 

William H. Howard, Constable. 

Joseoh Searle, ) m t1 . 

Ebenezer Killam, \ T Y&™S™™- 

Nathan Wheeler, 1 

Jonathan Searle, Jr., y Selectmen. 

Benjamin Whiting, ) 

David L. Morrill, 103 \ Notes for 

Benjamin Pierce, 1 ) Chief Mag'te. 

1827. 

David Stiles, Moderator. 

David Stiles, Representative. 

Freeman Davis, Constable. 

Levi Adams, ) m • 

Benjamin Whiting, \ Tythmgmen. 

Nathan Wheeler, ~) 

Jonas Davis, y Selectmen. 

Joel Patten, ) 

David L. Morrill, 91 } Votes for 

Benjamin Pierce, 8 y Chief Mag'te. 



1828. 

Joseph Gray, Moderator. 

Simon Farrar, Representative. 

Levi Adams, Constable. 

Ebenezer Killam, ) rr • 

-yy W1 , ' - Pythmsmen. 

.Nathan \\ heeler, J J 

Daniel Searle, "> 

Jonas Davis, y Selectmen. 

Joel Patten, ) 

John Bell, 110 > Votes for 

Benjamin Pierce, 31 ) Chief Mag'te. 

1829. 

Joseph Gray, Moderator. 

Simon Farrar, Representative. 

William H. Howard, Constable. 

David Felt, ) ^ ,, • 

o * l t> > 1 vthimrmen. 

Stephen Brown, j J ° } 

Jonas Davis, 1 

Joel Patten, >• Selectmen. 

Jonas Brown, Jr., ) 

John Bell, 89 ) Votes for 

Benjamin Pierce, 40 | Chief Mag'te. 

1830. 

Simon Farrar, Jr., Moderator. 

Simon Farrar, Jr., Representative. 

Benjamin Whiting, Constable. 

David Felt, ) t- .1 • _ 

Daniel Heald, j Tythmgmen. 

Jonas Davis, ) 

Joshua P. Searle, y Selectmen. 

Simon Farrar, Jr., ) 

Timothy Upham, 83 ) Votes for 

Matthew Harvey, 47 j" Chief Mag'te. 

1831. 

Simon Farrar, Jr., Moderator. 

Simon Farrar, Representative. 

Benjamin Whiting, Constable. 

Jonathan Snauldinq} ) ^ , . 

n . ir , y Y lythinnmen. 

Davia Felt, y V ° 

Jonas Davis, S 

Joshua P. Searle, y Selectmen. 

Simon Farrar, Jr., ) 

Ichabod Bartlett, 81 ) Votes for 

Samuel Dinsmoor, 43 y Chief Mag'te. 

1832. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

Simon Farrar, Representative. 

Benjamin Whiting, Constable. 

David Felt, ) ^ • 

■pv • 1 tt u y Tytnmo-men. 

Daniel Heald, \ J 5 



Those persons whose names are 



in italics refused to take the oath. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



195 



Jonas Davis, ^ 

Joshua P. Searle, V- Selectmen. 

Joel Patten, ) 

Ichabod Bartlett, 80 > Votes for 

Samuel Dinsmoor, 41 } Chief Mag'te. 

1833. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

Nathan "Wheeler, Jr , Representative. 

Freeman Davis, C mstable. 

David Felt, ) ^ x1 • 

o- -p. y Ivthmgmen. 

bnnon I arrar, j J c 

Jonas Davis, 1 

David Stiles, V Selectmen. 

Wm. H. Howard, \ 

C. H. Atherton, 53) ^ f 

Samuel Dinsmoor, 47 V ni J °}% t0 \ 

Arthur Livermore, 6) Chiet Ma S te " 

1834. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 
Nathan Wheeler, Jr., Eepresentative. 
Freeman Davis, Constable. 



> Tythingmen. 



Daniel Heald, 
Joseph Burt, 
Jonas Davis, 

David Stiles, V Selectmen 

W T m. H. Howard, ) 
William Bidger, 47 Votes for Chief 
Magistrate. 

1835. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

Nathan Wheeler, Jr., Representative. 

"William H. Howard, Constable. 

David Felt. ) . . 

Ephraim W. Blood, | T^^n. 

Jonas Davis, ) 

Timothy W. Smith, V- Selectmen. 

Ebenezer Killam, ) 

Joseph Healey, 71 j Votes for 

William Badger, 48 j Chief Mag'te. 

1836. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 
Nathan Wheeler, Jr., Representative. 
Simon Farrar, Constable. 
David Felt, ) 
Ephraim IF. Blood, j 
Jonas Davis, ~) 
Timothy W r . Smith, i Selectmen. 
Ebenezer Killam, ) 
Isaac Hill, 39 "] 

George Sullivan, 32 | Votes for 
Timothy K. Ames,l 5 f Chief Mag'te. 
Scat.. 2 



1837. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

John Cragin, Jr., Representative. 

Nathan Colburn, Jr., Constable. 

David Felt, ) rr ,i - 

-r ir. I „ y lvthmsmen, 

Isaac Kimball, ) * ° 

Jonas Davis, i 

Timothy W. Smith, > Selectmen. 

John Cragin, Jr., ) 

Isaac Hill, 28 ) 

| Chief Mag'te. 



Votes for 

limothy K. Ames, 6 y 
Scat., 



1838. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

John Cragin, Jr., Representative. 

Nathan Colburn, Jr., Constable. 

Isaac Kimball, 7 ^ - 

tj i tv ■ . r rythingmen. 

P t- rley Dutton, j * 

Timothy W. Smith, ^ 

John Cragin, Jr., >■ Selectmen. 

Hermon Buss, ) 

James Wilson, 91 > Votes for 



Isaac Hill. 



19 y Chief Mag'te. 



1839. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 
Nathan Wheeler, Representative. 
Benjamin Whiting, Constable. 
Nath'l Kingsbury, 7 



Isaac Kimball. 



Tvthin^men. 



John Cragin, Jr., 

Hermon Buss, >■ Selectmen. 

Jonathan Spaulding, ) 

James Wilson, 79 7 Votes for 

John Page, 44 ) Chief Mag'te. 

1840. 

Nathan Wiieeler, Moderator. 
Nathan Wheeler, Representative. 
James Ferguson, Constable. 
David Felt 1 ; 7 
Kendall Nichols, 
Jonathan Spaulding, 
Daniel Felt, 
Elias Colburn, 
Enos Stephens, 76 
John Page, 49 



y Ty thingmen. 

Selectmen. 

Votes for 
Chief Mao're. 



1841. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

Nathaniel Kingsbury, Representative. 

Timothy W. Smith, Constable. 

Kendall Nichols, 7 ^ , • ^ 
vr , , n II r lythmgmen. 

Nathan Colourn. ) J c 



198 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



Hermon Buss, ) 

Daniel Frit, >- Selectmen. 

William H. Howard, ) 

Encs Stevens, 78 ) Votes for 

John Page, 44 j Chief Mag'te. 

1842. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 
Nathaniel Kingsbury, Representative. 
Benjamin Whiting, Constable. 
Kendall Nichols, 
John Tenney, 
Hermon Buss, 
William H. Howard, 
James Ferguson, ) 
Enos Stevens, 67) TT , 
Henry Hubbard, 44 C Votes i0r 
Daniel Hoyt, 5 



Tythingmen. 



Selectmen. 



j Chief Mag'te. 



1843. 

James Ferguson, Moderator. 
Timothy W. Smith, Representative. 
James Ferguson, Constable. 
James Ferguson, ) 
Nathan Colburn, Jr., >- Selectmen. 
George Whiting, ) 



Votes for 



Anthony Colby, 48 
Henry Hubbard, 39 f 
Daniel Hoyt, 15) Umei ^ la S te - 



1844. 

James Ferguson, Moderator. 
Timothy W. Smith, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Nathan Colburn, Ji 
Clement Heald, 



Nathan Wheeler, 
John H. Steele, 
Anthony Colby, 
Daniel Hovt, 



Selectmen. 



Votes for 
£ Chief Mag'te. 



1845. 

Timothy W. Smith, Moderator. 
Timothy W. Smith, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 



Timothy W. Smith, )• Selectmen. 
Augustus Cragin, 
John H. Steele, 51 
Anthonv Colby, 38 ! Votes for 
Daniel Hoyt, 25 f Chief Mag'te. 
Scat,, 5 



1846. 

Timothy W. Smith, Moderator. 
Isaac Kimball, Representative. 
Oliver W. Boynton, Constable. 
George Whiting, ) 
Timothy W. Smith, >- Selectmen. 
Augustus Cragin, ) 
Anthony Colby, 47 1 
J. W. Williams, 44 I Votes for 
Nath'l S. Berry, 23 [ Chief Mag'te, 
Scat., 3 J 

1847. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 

Isaac Kimball, Representative. 

William H. Howard, Constable. 

Nathan Colburn, Jr.,) 

Stephen C. Heald, >- Selectmen. 

Elbridge G. Cutter, ) 

Anthony Colby, 58 ) y f 

J. W. Williams, 43 [ r\?Jf ll3f 
-vt xi »i o -r> -. - v l/hiei Mag te, 

Nath 1 S. Berry, 1 1 ) ° 

1848. 

Augustus Cragin, Moderator. 
Isaac Kimball, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Elbridge G. Cutter, ^ 



| Selectmen, 



Danforth Farrar, 



Nath'l S. Berry, 46) Votes for 

Lo j Chief Mag'te, 



J. W. Williams, 
Dan'l M. Christie, 20 



1849. 

Nathan Wheeler, Moderator. 
Hermon Buss, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Elbridge G. Cutter, ) 
Nathan Colburn, Jr., > Selectmen. 
Isaiah Wheeler, ) 
Levi Chamberlain, 49 ) 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 38 > 
Nath'l S. Berry, 23 ) 



Votes for 
Chief Mag'te. 



1850. 

Augustus Cragin, Moderator. 
Hermon Buss, Representative. 
John Tenney, Constable. 
Elbridge G. 'Cutter, 
Francis Whiting, ^ Selectmen, 
! Danforth Farrar, 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



197 



Levi Chamberlain, 45"^ 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 34 >- 
Kath'I S. Berry, 21) 



Votes for 
Chief Mag'te. 



1851. 

Augustus Cragin, Moderator. 
Herman Buss, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Francis Whiting, ~) 
Danforth Farrar, y Selectmen. 
Daniel Felt, ) 
Thos. E. Sawyer, 44 1 Voteg for 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 42 
John Atwood, 24 



Xath'l B. Baker, 

James Bell, 
Jared Perkins, 



*]} Votes for 
33 f Chief Ma. 



2 ; te. 



Chief Mag'te. : Jan J eg Bell 



1855. 

Hermon Buss, Moderator. 
Daniel Felt, Representative. 
W. H. Howard, Constable. 
Joshua Foster, ~) 
Franklin Merriam, y 
i James Child, ) 

\fh B ^ k f\ HI Votes for 
Ralph Metcalf, 68 V Qh[ef M ^ 



Selectmen. 



1852. 

Elbridge G. Cutter, Moderator. 

George Whiting, Representative. 

William H. Howard, Constable. 

Elbridge G. Cutter, ^ 

Daniel Felt, v Selectmen. 

Samuel Lovejoy, ) 

Noah Martin, 48 ) v , - 

m -to n \ otes for 

Inos. E. Sawver, 42 >- ™ . c « ,, 

t i , J ' Q ( Chief Magte 

John Atwood, 18) ° 

1853. 

Elbridge G. Cutter, Moderator. 
George Whiting, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Samuel Lovejoy, ^ 



Daniel Felt, 
Joshua Foster, 
Noah Martin, 
James Bell, 
John H. White 



40 
40 
26 



Selectmen. 



Votes for 
Chief Mao-'te. 



185, 



Elbridge G. Cutter, Moderator. 
Elbridge G. Cutter, Representative. 
William H. Howard, Constable. 
Daniel Felt, 

Joshua Foster, y Selectmen. 

Franklin Merriam, 



Selectmen. 

Votes for 
Chief Mao-'te. 



1856. 

i Elbridge G. Cutter, Moderator. 

Elbridge G. Cutter, Representative 

W. H. Howard, Constable. 
[Elbridge G. Cutter, 
! Theodore Barker, 

John (biddings, 

Ralph Metcalf, 59 

John S. Wells, 54 

Ichabod Goodwin, 7) 

1857. 

: Elbridge G. Cutter, Moderator. 

| Elbridge G. Cutter, Representative. 

W. H. Howard, Constable. 
! Elbridge G. Cutter, ) 

Theodore Barker, > Selectmen. 

John Giddings, ) 

William Haile, 61 1 y f 

John S.Wells, 60 y n , . ° e | r 

nu Tj it jj i r. [ Chief Magte, 

Chas. B. Hadaock, J ) ° 

1858. 

Elbridge G. Cutter, Moderator. 

None sent. Votes tied. (?) 

W. H. Howard, Constable. 

E. G. Cutter, ) 

Theodore Barker, y Selectmen. 

William Kimball, ) 

Wm. Haile, 66) Votes for 

Asa P. Gate, 60 j Chief Mag'te.- 



198 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



Town Treasurer. — The first Town Treasurer (1768) 
was John Marshall. There is none recorded for 1770-71. 



Cap*. Zedekiah Drury, 1772. 
Maj r . Eph m Heald, 1773, 74. 
Francis Blood, Esq., 1775, 6, 7. 
Dea. Jn°. Cragin, 1778-92, inch, 
1797. 

Eben r . Edwards, Esq., 1793-96, 

inch, 1798. 
Dea n . Sam 1 . Howard, 1799, 1800. 
Dan 1 . Searle, Esq., 1801. 



Artemas Wheeler, 1802-5, inch 
Elias Colburn, 1806-10, inch 
D r . James Crombie, 1811, 12, 13. 
Aaron Barnes, 1814-20, inch 
Dea 11 . Jn°. Ball, 1821-35, inel. 
Joel Patten, 1836-41, inel. 
Tim . W. Smith, 1842-53. 
Elias Colburn, 1854-57, inel. 
Hermon Buss, 1858. 



Town Clerks. — The first Town Clerk (1768) was 
Francis Blood. 



Cap*. Francis Blood, 1768, 9. 70. 
Dea 11 . Sam 1 . Howard, 1771-98, inch 
Eben r . Edwards, Esq. 1799-1801, 
inch 

Dan 1 . Searle, Esq., 1802-19, inel. 
1828. 



Dea. Nathan Wheeler, 1820-22, 

inel., 1825-27, inch 
David Stiles, Esq., 1823, 24, 
Jonas Davis, 1829-37, inch 
Nathan Colburn, Jr., 1838-42, inch 
Martin Heald, 1843-57, inch 
Nathan Colburn, Jr., 1858. 



Surveyors of Lumber. — The first Surveyor of Lumber 
(1769) was Joshua Foster. The number of Surveyors per 
annum has been either one or two, or none. There is none 
recorded for the years 1777, 8, 9; 1788, 9, 90; 1844. One 
Surveyor per annum has been elected between 40 and 50 
years; two per annum between 30 and 40 years. Francis 
Cragin held this office 11 different years. First, in 1774; 
last, in 1804. Ensign Benjamin Cutter held it 13 different 
years. First, in 1781; last, in 1807. Jonathan Spaulding 
held it 15 years. First, in 1823; last, in 1857. 

Fence-Viewers. — Two Fence-Viewers have been chosen 
every year, with the following exceptions: — In 1771, there 
was one; in 1770, 1828-30 there were three; in 1789, there 
was none. 

Clerk op the Market — ("Clerk-Market.") — The first 
"Clerk-Market" (1830) was Joshua P. Searle. None is 
recorded from 1832-43, when J. P. Searle is chosen again. 
Some people in Town never heard of such an office, and when 
a " Clerk ;J is. elected, which is uncommon of late, he need not 
expect a sinecure, for, if the position lacks business, it also 
wants for revenue. 



HISTORY OF TEMPLE. 



199 



Cullers of Staves. — The first Culler of Staves (1829) 
was Stephen Brown. His duty extended to pronouncing on 
the quality of shingles as well, many thousands of which 
were made during the first years of this century. Stephen 
Brown held the office 15 years. He was evidently the man 
for the place, for, after electing some other person occasion- 
ally, they were sure the next year to fall back on Stephen 
Brown. 

This occurred no less than four different times. 

Sealers of Leather. — The first Sealer of Leather (1769) 
was Ephraim Brown. Elias Colburn first held the office in 
1786, and afterwards in 34 different years, and last in 1826. 
None is recorded for the years 1771-99 ; 1839, 40, 1, 2, 3, 4. 

Sealers of Weights and Measures. — The first in order 
.(1769) was Joshua Foster. There is no record of any in 
1170, 1; 1792. 

Sexton. — In 1772, John Maynard was chosen to take care 
of the meeting-house. In 1778, "V. that ye Selectmen agree 
with some person to dig graves if needful, till March Meet- 
ing." In 1791, David Searle, Jr., was chosen "as a sax on 
to take care of ye burying yard & cl oaths & for his ser- 
vice to receive 6 shillings together with the grass on s d 
yard." In 1793, the " saxon " did both offices here men- 
tioned, digging graves, and caring for the meeting-house. No 
one is mentioned as taking care of the meeting-house after 
1836. 

1806. u Chose Josiah Fisk Sexton for the east Burying 
Yard & Ens 11 . Peter Powers for the north, do." 1822. " V. 
to set up the taking care of the M. II., hearse, & service as 
sexton to the lowest bidder. — Eph ni . Blood offered one cent 
for the privilege & it was struck off to him." Jeremiah Fisk 
has served well as sexton for many of these latter years. 

Wood-Corders. — The first (1809) was Geo. W. Hawkins. 
There is no record again until 1828. None is recorded for 
1847. Sometimes two were chosen, — never more than two. 

Fire- Wards. — The first were elected in 1827: six in 
number. Either two or three per year were chosen after- 
ward, till 1845. There is no record of any since that year. 



FAMILY RECORDS. 



26 



INTRODUCTION. 



V\ r E would say to persons interested that we have inserted in this book all the 
Genealogies which have been transmitted to us. Those who have neglected to 
comply with our requests, (contained in the two circulars which we issued,) 
respecting Family Eegisters, can have no reproach to make, save against them- 
selves. 

On the other hand, those who have transmitted their Records to us, may possibly 
find, now and then, a mistake in the names, data, etc., as we have printed them. 
We think that such mistake will generally be found to have first appeared in the 
original manuscript which they sent us. 

We have appended some other Genealogical matter, which is taken from the 
first Town-Book, 1768-1796. 

Our style of writing Genealogy is pretty much after that of a small pamphlet 
by W. H. Whitmore, containing the records of the family of Sir John 
Temple. The Arabic numerals, placed before a name, indicate that a person is 
first, second, third, &c, in a given direct line of descent. The Eoman numerals, 
placed before a name, indicate that a person is first, second, third, &c, child in 
a given family of children. 

Abbreviations. — ce. for aged; b. for bom; ch. for child or children; m. for 
married; m. (2) for married second time; s. for son; dau. for daughter; w. for 
wife; irid. for widow; unm. for unmarried; s. p. for sine prole or childless; r. for 
resides or resided; re. for removed. Where no place of birth, marriage, residence, 
&c, is mentioned, Temple, in most cases, is to be undei-stood. 



FAMILY RECORDS. 



John Ball, [Dea.] b. Hollis; m. Hannah, dau. Benjamin Farley, 
Hollis. She was the 7th of 12 ch. He was the 8th of 9 ch.; 2 s. and 

7 dau. John and Hannah had 12 ch. I. John, m. Parkhurst, 

Sharon, N. H.; r. Temple; d. Aug., 1855. II. Hannah, m. John 
Kendall, Temple; re. to Tyngsboro, Mass.; d. 1854. III. Benjamin, 
d. young. IV. James Page, d. young. V. Sarah, m. Wm. Park- 
hurst, Temple ; r. in T. VI. Joanna, m. Joseph Farrar, Temple ; r. 
New Boston, N. H. VII. Mary, r. in T.; imir, VIII. Ruth, m. 
Sampson Spaulding, Wilton ; r. in W. IX. James Page, d. young. 
X. Melinda, m. Ezra Morgan, 1833; r. New Boston. XI. Christopher, 
d. young. Nathaniel Ball. f. of Dea, John, m. Mary Weston, Hollis ; 
came to T. with Pea. John, and d. in T. His w. d. Aug., 1814. 

1. David Barker, b. 1732 ; m. Sarah Barker, of Methuen, Mass.; r. 
in Temple ; d. at Hancock, 1815 ; he had twenty-two ch.; one of whom 
was — 

2. Theodore, b. Mar. 31, 1762; m. 1788, Rebecca Heald, of T.; 
m. (2) Elizabeth Corliss, 1806, of Salem, Mass.; r. Temple ; d. 1847. 
Ch.: I. Rebecca, b. Feb. 21, 1790 ; m. Sept. 2, 1812, Daniel Spafford, 
of T.; re. to Bakersfield, Vt. II. Polly, b. Jan. 4, 1793 ; m. Apl. 
5, 1814, F. A. Edwards, of T.; re. to Chester, Vt. III. Susanna, 
b. Oct, 23, 1795 ; m. Nov. 14, 1819, Frederick Brooks, of Stoddard. 
IV. Hannah, b. May 4, 1798 ; m. Apl. 24. 1828, Stephen Putnam, of 
Wilton. V. Louisa, b. Oct. 11, 1807 ; m. Dec. 6, 1832, Orin Blood, 
of T.; r. at T.; d. 1854, at Wilton. 3. VI. Theodore, (hereafter.) 
VII. Olive, b. Feb. 4, 1811 ; m. Mar. 1, 1831, Oliver W. Boynton, of 
Temple. 

3. Theodore, b. Jan. 24, 1809 : m. Apl. 10, 1832, Rachel Cragin, 
of Temple. Ch.: I. Nathan, b. June 16, 1833. II. Theodore, b. May 
4,1835. III. George F., b. Mar. 28, 1840. IV. Artemas O., b. 
May 13, 1844. 

1. James Blood, 1 who came to Concord, Mass;, about 1638, and d. 

l " From War we derive the names of Warr, Warfield, Goare, (1658) Gore, McGory, 
Blood, Slaughter, &c., &c."— Suffolk Surnames, ch. xxix. By the name of Blood — 
Arms, gu. a lion rampant; arg. on a chief of the second ; atorteau between two mullets. 
Crest, a lion's head erased. Motto, Miseris sucunere. Seat, Castle Fergus. Kew- 
market-on-Fergus, Co. Clare. — Burke's Did. of the Landed Gentry, p. 1253. 



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there intestate, Dec. 17, 1683, is supposed to have been the ancestor of 
the families in New England that have borne his name. It is said, by 
tradition, that he was from Cheshire, England, though two of his sons, in 
1649, then in Concord, sold an estate in Puddington, Northamptonshire, 
which might have been their place of nativity. He was a contemporary, 
and is said (with how much truth we are unable to say) to have been a 
brother or near relative of Col. Thomas Blood, 1 who d. Aug. 24, 1680, 
distinguished in history, during the reign of Charles II., as one of the 
most remarkable characters of his age. The family possessed large 
wealth. Ellen, the wife of James Blood, d. in Concord, Aug. 1, 1674. 
The following are supposed to have been their children : — 

1. James, Dea. of the ch. in Concord ; d. Nov. 26, 1692. He m. 
Oct. 26, 1657, Hannah Purchis, dau. of Oliver Purchis, of Lynn. 
She d. Jan. 7, 1677. Sarah, their only surviving child, m. Capt. Will. 
"Willson, of Concord, and had several children. 

II. Richard, one of the original petitioners for Groton, and its largest 
proprietor, having owned a sixty-acre right, d. intestate," Dec. 7, 1683. 

Selectman many years ; town clerk in 1668 ; m. Isabel ; had 

the 5 following, and perhaps others: — I. Mary, d. April 19, 1662. 
II. James, d. 1692. III. Nathaniel, m. 1670, Hannah Parker, dau. of 
Capt. James Parker. IV. Elizabeth. V. Joseph. 

III. John, found dead in Concord, with gun in hand, Oct. 30, 1692 ; 
unm. 

2. IV. Robert, (hereafter.) 

V. Mary, b. in Concord, July 12, 1640; m. in 1660, Lt. Simon 
Davis, who d. June 14, 1713, se. 77. They had Simon, Mary, Sarah, 
James, Ellen, Ebenezer and Hannah, the ancestry of a numerous 
posterity in New England and elsewhere. 

2. Robert, d. in Concord, Oct. 27, 1701. He, in company with his 
brother John, owned " Blood's Farms," so called, consisting of about 
2,000 acres, now comprised within the Town of Carlisle. He m. April 
8, 1653, Elizabeth Willard, dau. of Maj. Simon Willard. 2 She died 
Aug. 29, 1692. They had : 

I. Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1655 ; m. John Buttrick ; settled in Stow; large 
family. 

II. Elizabeth, b. June 14, 1656 ; m. Samuel Buttrick, brother of 
John, and was the ancestor of the Concord families of that name. 

III. Sarah, b. Aug. 1, 1658 ; m. Daniel Colburn, of Dunstable. 

1 " This person, who was capable of framing and carrying into execution the most 
desperate enterprises, was one of those extraordinary characters who can only arise 
amid the bloodshed, confusion, destruction of morality, and wide-spreading violence, 
which take place during civil wari" (Here follow 12 pages concerning him.) " Such 
were the adventures of an individual, whose real exploits, whether the motive, the 
danger or the character of the enterprises be considered, equal or rather surpass those 
pictures of violence and peril which we love to peruse in romance." — Sir Walter Scott. 
Note, Peveril of the Peak. 

2 " Capt. Edward Johnson, author of the History of New England, and Capt. Simon 
Willard, afterward a commander of a portion of the Massachusetts forces in the 
Indian war of 1675," were, in 1650-52, appointed by the General Court to establish 
the northern line of Mason's Claim in New Hampshire. See Hist, of Mason, p. 14. 



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IV. Robert, b. Feb. 10, 1660 ; m. Dorcas Wheeler, and d. in South 
Carolina, before his father. 

V. Simon, b. Feb. 6, 1662; d. unm., April 4, 1692. 
3. VI. Josiah, (hereafter.) 

VII. John, b. Oct. 29, 1666 ; d. unm. 1689. 

VIII. Ellen (or Ellenor,) b. Apr. 14, 1669 ; drowned June 19, 
1690 ; unm. 

IX. Samuel, b. Oct. 16. 1671; m. Hannah Davis, Apr. 1, 1701, and 
was drowned in 3Ierrimac River, leaving a family. 

X. James, b. Xov. 3, 1673 ; ni. Dec. 26, 1701, Abigail "Wheeler, 
whose father was killed at Lancaster. 

XI. Ebenezer, b. July 4, 1676 ; d. young. 

XII. Jonathan, b. July 1, 1679; m. Rebecca Wood, of Sudbury, 
Apr. 20, 1733 ; d. Jan. 5, 1778, leaving a family. 

3. Josiah. b. April 6, 1664 ; m. first, Mary Barrett, March 4, 1688, 
m. (2) Mary Thomas (Torrey?) Feb. 3, 169$. Children: I. Eliza- 
beth, b. 3Iay 1, 1692; d. Oct. 10, 1708. II. Mary, b. May 2, 1692. 

III. Josiah, b. May 30, 1694 ; d. Oct. 21, 1711. IV. John, b. 
Apr. 6, 1696. - V. Abigail, b. June 15, 1698. VI. Robert, b. Apr. 
26, 1700. VII. Ephraim, b. June 13, 1702. 4. VIII. Stephen, 
(hereafter.) IX. Zachariah, b. June 10. 1707; m. Elizabeth Whit- 
taker, Feb. 9, 173f. X. Elizabeth, b. July 7, 1709. XI. Anna, 
b. Mar. 30, 1712. 

4. Stephen, b. Feb. 22, 1703--4; m. Mary . Children : I. 

Stephen, b. Feb. 1, 1730 ; m. Francis Hutchins, July 16, 1767. II. 
Jonathan, b. July 25. 1732 ; d. Jan. 28, 1733. 5. III. Francis, 
(hereafter.) IV. Josiah, b. Oct. 16, 1738; d. Oct. 27, 1738. V. 
Jonathan, b. Oct. 16, 1738. VI. Mary, b. Aug. 1. 1740. VII. 
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 21, 1741. VIII. Mary, b. April %, 1757. IX. 
Sibel, b. June 6, 1765. 

5. Gen. Feancis, b. Mar. 18, 173f . IJe was the 65th person of the 
name, who is recorded as having been born in Concord, Mass. See par- 
ticularly pp. 8, 9, 11, 12, 21, 29, 31, 32 and 37, of the Oration, and 
the last Revolutionary chapter, concerning him ; also the early New 
Hampshire Registers. Daniel Heald states in his MS. that Mr. Blood 
" held as many offices of honor and trust, during the Revolution, as any 
man in the State." He m. Elizabeth Spaulding, of Pepperell, Mass. 

Ch.: I. Betty (or Elizabeth,) b. Jan. 5, 1762, in Concord, Mass.; 
was m. by her father, Mar. 31, 1781, to Capt. Elias Boynton, of Tem- 
ple. II? Hepzibeth, b. Julv 15, 1763, in Concord; m. Col. Abijah 
Wheeler, of Temple, May 31. 1784. (6) III. Royal, (hereafter.) 

IV. Maj. Francis, b. Dec. 11, 1767; m. (1) Rebecca Parlin, of Carlisle, 

Mass.; m. (2) ■ Mace. Ch.: (7th Gen.) Howard, Stillman, 

Orin, Otis, Smiley, Rebecca, Betsy, Polly, Hepsey, Clara, Julia, all by 
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V. Hannah, b, July 11, 1770 ; m. July 1, 1788, Daniel Searle, 
Esq., of Temple. Vide Searle Gen. 

VI. Polly (or Mary,) b. June 22, 1772 ; m. Dec, 7, 1790, Benjamin 
Cutter, of Temple. Ch.: Jerry, Frank, Seth, Thomas and Hepsey. 
Jerry and Seth r. in Sebec, Me. 

VII. Abel, b. Apr. 26, 1774, m. Abigail Badger. Ch.: Abel, 
Isaac, Ai, James, Nahum, Abby and Eliza. 

VIII. Seth, b. Oct. 9, 1776 ; m. Dec. 25, 1798, Betsy, dau. of Lt. 
Archelaus Cummings, of Temple. Ch.: Burley, Cummin gs, Cutter, 
Lawson, Horatio. 

6. IX. Ephraim, (hereafter.) 

6. Royal, b. Dec. 15, 1765, in Temple; m. (1) Rachel, dau. of 
Judge Underwood, of Litchfield, Mass., by whom he had his ch.; in. (2) 

Smith. His ch. were (7th Gen. :) I. Francis, (hereafter.) II. 

Royal, who now r. in Peru, Ind. III. Joseph U., who now r. in 
Oswego, N. Y. 

7. Francis, b. June 6, 1793 ; m. Margaret Patterson, May 2, 1822, 
andd. in Hillsboro, N. H, Dec. 8, 1838. Ch. (8th Gen.:) I Mary 
U., b. July 8, 1825; d. Jan. 24, 1833. II. Charles C, b. Mar. 13, 
1827; d. young. III. Francis Newton, b. Nov. 26, 1829, in Hillsboro, 
and now practises law there. He m. Nov. 8, 1853, Ophelia A., dau. of 
Rev. Joseph Barber, of Alstead, N. H. 

6. Ephraim, b. Mar. 6, 1779; m. (1) Patty, dau. of Lt. Oliver 
Whiting, of T. He m. (2) Rebecca, dau. of Caleb Maynard, of T., 

Apr. 6, 1802. He in. (3)- Goldsmith. Ch. (7th Gen.:) I. 

Ephraim Whiting, (hereafter.) II. Patty. III. Porter, b. Jan. 28, 
1805. Patty and Porter were ch. of 2d w. 

7. Ephraim Whiting, b. July 26, 1799. He was brought up in the 
family of his uncle, Daniel Searle, Esq. Hem. (1) June 8, 1828, 
Fanny, dau. of Oliver Whiting, of Temple, who d. July 18, 1830, se. 
23. He m. (2) June 2, 1835. Lavinia, dau. of Capt. Jacob Ames, of 
New Ipswich, N. H. She was b. in Hancock, N. II., Feb. 11, 1805. 
He cl. Dec. 29, 1837, of Phthisis Pulmonalis, following Haemoptysis. 
His wid. m. 1841-2, Samson Fletcher, of New Ipswich, N. H., where 
she now r. Ch. of E. W. Blood: I. Oliver Whiting, b. July 10, 
1830 ; m. Nov. 5, 1857, Eliza A., dau. of Isaac Blancbard, of Wilton, 
N. H., and r. Concord, N. H. II. Henry Ames, b. June 7, 1836 ; r. 
New Ipswich, N, H, 

1. Capt. Elias Boynton was b. at Hollis, N. H., Feb. 24, 1755. He 
was a Rev. Soldier, and fought in the battle of Bunker's Hill, and at the 
taking of Burgoyne. Soon after peace was declared, he came to Tem- 
ple, and m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Gen'l Francis Blood, with whom 
he lived at Temple till he d., Jan. 20, 1842. His w. cl., Oct. 13, 1853. 
He is remembered as an efficient capt, of militia, and a man of great his- 



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torical application. Many anecdotes of his eccentricities and revolu- 
tionary adventures are handed down. He was a hospitable man, of a 
cheerful, even mirthful disposition, yet possessed of sound sense. Th3 
family in Eng. is a titled one, dating back to the Conquest. Edmund 
Boynton, of Boston, is about to publish a hist, of the entire family. The 
American branch descended from two brothers who settled in Bowley, 
Mass. Elias Boynton and Elizabeth, his w. had 14 eh., two of whom 
d. young. The others are: 2. I. Elias (hereafter). — II. Elizabeth, b. 
June 22, 1784, m. Israel Barker, of Andover, Vt.; now r. Cicero, N. 
Y. III. Francis Boynton, M. D., b. March, 1786; m. Abigail Dole; 
.-r. Bangor and Sebec, Me.; drowned, April 22, 1823, at Dover, Me. IV. 
Earl, b. Apr. 20, 1788; m. Sally Fisk, T., Nov., 1808 ; r. New Ips- 
wich, N. H. V. Polly, b. Apr. 24, 1791 ; m. Jason Hassel, Merri- 
mack, N. H.; r. Sebec, Me. VI. Abel, b. Feb. 22, 1793 ; m. Sirena 
Lawrence, Cambridge, Mass.; r. (1st) Peterboro, N. IT., now New Lis- 
bon, Wis. VII. Amos, b. Jan. 5, 1795 ; d. 1824, in T. VIII. 
Hepsibetb, b. Feb. 22, 1797 ; m. Abel Farrar, T., Dec, 1818, who d. 
Jan. 2, 1840, in T. IX. Oliver, b. May 8. 1799 ; m. Jan. 25, 1820, 
Sarah Howard, Stoddard, N. H.; r. (1st) T., now, New Ipswich, N. 
H. X. Spaulding, b. Sept. 15, 1801 ; m. Lavinia Wilder, New Ips- 
wich ; now r. Nashua, N. H. XI. Hannah, b. June 12, 1804 ; m. 
Francis Cragin, of T., Apr. 16, 1829, r. Peterboro, N. IT. XII. Al- 
mira, b. Dec. 5, 1807; m. Augustus Cragin, of T., Dec. 14, 1830 ; r. 
Temple. 

2. Elias, b. May 15, 1782 ; m., Mar. 28, 1804, Hannah Whiting of 
Temple ; r. Temple; she d. Feb., 1817 ; he m., (2) July, 16, 1817, 
Mary Ferguson, of Peterboro, who cl. in T., July 18, 1852. Ch.: (3d 
Gen.) I. Oliver Whiting, hereafter. 

3. Oliver Whiting, b. Apr. 22, 1807; m. Mar. 1, 1831, Olive Barker, 
b. Feb. 4, 1811. Ch. b. in T.: I. George W., b. Apr. 7, 1832; m. 
May 17, 1857, Eliza J. Burton, of Lyndeboro, N. H.; r. Wilton. II. 
Charles E., b. Nov. 10, 1835. III. William W., b. Nov. 4,1840. 
IV. John G. b. Dec. 4, 1843 ; d. March 26, 1855. V. Mary H. b. 
Nov. 22, 1848. VI. Martha E. b. Sept. 9, 1850. VII. Abbie A., b. 
Apr. 2, 1854. 

1. Ens. Jonas Brown was bora in Concord, Mass., 1752; re. to 
Temple, 1780, and m., 1783, Hannah, clau. of Maj. Ephm. Heald, and 
the first female ch. b. in Temple. He was a very patriotic man, and the 
statement which he was obliged to make in order to secure his pension, 
under the Act of Congress, of June 7, 1832, concerning his services in the 
Eevolution, we present in full : " State of N. H., Co. of Hillsborough. 
On this seventeenth day of August, 1832, Jonas Brown personally ap- 
peared in open court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Amherst, 
within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State -aforesaid, re. 
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the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con- 
gress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United 
States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 
"That is to say, from the 1st of January, 1775, to the 1st of May. I 
was enlisted as a minute man, (being a native and resident of Concord, 
Mass.,) under Capt. Buttrick, of the Militia, and trained twice a week, 
and with the rest of the company, kept guard most of the time over 
the public stores, roads and bridges in Concord. Early on the 19th 
of April, an alarm was given that the enemy were coming from Bos- 
ton to Concord, and our company was paraded about daylight, and kept 
under arms most of the time, until the enemy arrived-, and destroyed 
military stores and provisions, and set a guard at the Bridge, and I was 
ordered with others, to rout them, which we did, when several were killed 
on both sides, and the enemy retreated, and we pursued to Menotomy," 
(West Cambridge) " had various skirmishing on the road, and I returned 
to Concord. Capt. Buttrick went to Cambridge, and several times sent 
for his company. I went twice or three times and returned next day. 
On the 1st of May, 1775, 1 entered the service as a corporal, under. Capt. 
Abisha Brown, in the regiment commanded by Col. Jno. Nickson, Lt. 
Col. Thomas Nickson, and Maj. Jno. Buttrick in the Massachusetts Line, 
and served eight months at Cambridge, Charlestown, &c; was in the 
battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June, and was dismissed 1st of 
January, 1776. Again the militia was called for, and on the 1st of 
Feb., 1776, I enlisted a volunteer for two months, under Capt. 
Asel Wheeler, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Robinson, Lt. Col. 
Buttrick, and Major McCobb, in which Regiment I served February and 
March, two months, as a Quarter Master's Sergeant ; was in service at 
Charlestown and vicinity when the British army left Boston, and was 
discharged the first of April. On the 12th of July, 1776, I was com- 
missioned as an Ensign, and immediately entered the service under Capt. 
Charles Miles, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Reed, in 
the Mass. Line, in the Brigade destined for Canada, in which Reg't was 
Lt. Col. Brown, and Major Fletcher. I marched from Concord to 
Keene, N. H., thence by way of Charlestown, N. H., Otter Creek, and 
Shrewsbury, Vt , where we took boats and went down Lake Champlain, 
to Ticonderoga, and joined the army under Gen'ls Gates, Arnold, and 
Waterbury, and Gen. Brickett of Mass. was there. 

" I was at Ticonderoga when Arnold and Waterbury went down the 
Lake with a fleet of gondolas," (flat-boats,) " which were mostly destroyed. 
I remained at Ticonderoga until about the middle of Dec, 1776, when I 
entered my name to serve during the war, as a Lt. under Capt. Monroe, 
of Lexington, Mass., and had leave to return to Concord, until called 
for. I did so, and about the middle of March, I was called upon to take 
my appointment as Lt. I obeyed the call, and went to the Capt., who 
' told me there were others who would like to take my chance, and I re- 
signed it, and was excused from any further service, making eight months 
in which I was under orders as an Ensign." 

The annual pension here granted was $117.33, rated from March 4, 
1831. Ensign J. Brown's w. was b. 1761 ; she d. Apr. 7, 1834. H« 



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d. July 31, 1834, se. 82. He settled on the farm now occupied by Mr. 
J. B. Wood, Lot 8, R. VIH. His ch. were : I. Jonas, b. July 18, 1785; 
re. to Oppenhehn, X. Y., in 1S38. His eh. are David, Charles, and 
Dexter ; the two latter r. in Oppenheim. His w. d. 1859. 

2. IT. Charles, b. Aug. 16, 1787; m. Lydia Woods, Sept. 17,1816 ; 
re. to Batavia, N. Y., about 1836 and d. June 15, 1855. His ch.; I. 
Charles W., b. Sept. 4. 1817. II. Louisa A., b. Feb. 26, 1819. HI. 
Harriet E., b. Nov. 17, 1820. IY. Geo. W., b. July 22, 1822. V. 
Nancy B., b. March 4, 1824; d. Aug. 22, 1826. VI. John M.,b. 
Feb. 23, 1826. VII. Julia A., b. Jan. 27, 1828; d. Oct, 8, 1829. 
VIII. Elbridge D., b. Julv 24, 1830. IX. Sarah C.,b. July 27, 
1832 ; d. Aug. 17, 1836. X. Henrv J., b. Sept. 7. 1834. XL Sa- 
rah C, b. Aug. 6, 1836. XII. Lydia W., b. July 4, 1838 ; d. Dec. 
24, 1858. XIH. Thomas B., b. May 6, 1843 ; d. Sept. 17, 1858. 

2. III. Ephraim, b. July 13, 1790 ; m. Dec. 4, 1816, Sarah King, 
of Wilton, and d. in Wilton, Dec. 11, 1840. His ch.: I. Sarah M., b. 
Nov. 7, 1817 ; d. Dec. 2, 1818. II. Ephraim, b. Oct. 1, 1819 ; r. Low- 
ell, Mass. III. Abigail K., b. Dec. 19, 1821 ; d. Dec. 29, 1824. IV. 
George, b. Oct. 11, 1S23 : a physician, and Superintendent of the Pri- 
vate Institution for the Education of Idiots, Imbeciles, and Eccentric Chil- 
dren, Barre, Mass. V. Sumner, b. Sept. 5, 1825; d. Aug. 26, 1827. 

VI. Abigail M.. b. Aug. 26, 1828 ; m. Dr. Norman Smith, of Groton, 
Mass.; d. July 17, 1852. VII. Diantha, b. Feb. 1, 1831 ; m. P. S. 
Harris, artist, of Bath, Me. VIII. Anstriss, b. March 5, 1834 ; m. D. 
F. Haynes, Baltimore, Dec, 1858. 

2. IV. Lucas, b. Sept, 17, 1792 ; re. to Norridgewock, Me., about 
1811 ; d. May, 1855. Ch.: I. James B., b. Aug. 5, 1820. II. Cy- 
rus, b. Jan. 1, 1822 ; both living in Maine. III. Amos F., b. June 1, 
1823 ; r. Lowell, Mass. IV. Mary B., b. March 5, 1831 ; m. Kobert 
Hemmage ; r. Buffalo, N. Y. V." Caroline B., b. April 14, 1833 ; r. 
Lowell, Mass. 

2. V.« John, b. Aug. 13,1795 ; m. Cynthia Barker, 1820 ; re. to Ban- 
gor, Me., 1827 ; had four girls and one boy. w. d. He then m. Sarah 
AVheeler ; had five boys ; re. to Exeter, Me., 1838, and d. same year, 
se. 43. 

2. VI. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1798; m., Feb. 1, 1816, Jeremiah Cut- 
ter, of Sebec, Me.; r. on the farm which he first cleared. Ch.: I. Ben]. 
F., d. Jan. 16, 1819, se. 1. II. Hannah M., b. Feb. 23, 1819. III. 
Benj. O., b. Oct. 3, 1820. IV. Willard, b. May 2, 1822. V. Luther, 
b. Mar. 2, 1825. VI. Charles E., b. Apr. 10, 1826 ; d. Oct. 1, 1848. 

VII. Mary 31.. b. July 29, 1827. VIII. David T., b. Sept. 18, 1829 ; 
d. Nov. 25, 1851, on his way to California. IX. Sumner C, b. May 
30, 1832. 

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_ 2. VII. Cyrus, b. Dec. 21, 1800; (carpenter;) ra,', 1826, Har- 
riet Weston ; re. to Bangor, Me., 1827 ; had five boys; four d. young. 
His w. died 1833. He m. Mercy Severance, 1834; re. to California, 
1849 ; was there employed by Gov't as an architect ; returned to Ban- 
gor, 1851 ; now r. there, and is, like his maternal grandfather, Maj. 
Heald, an amateur in hunting and fishing. 

2. Till. Thomas Buckley, b. Mar. 16, 1803 ; (carpenter :) m. 
Martha Farnham, 1833 ; re. to Bangor, 1834 ; had one son and four 
dau. ; one d. young. 

1. Samuel Burnap, was b. July 17, 1747, at Andover, Mass. ; m. 
1770, Betsey Howard, of Reading, Mass. They re. to Temple 1775 or 
'76 ; r. on the same farm until his death, Jan 2, 1832. She d. Apr. 
10, 1838, se. 89 ; ch. Betsy, Samuel, (hereafter) Ruth, Bethiah, Eunice. 
The dau. all married and left town. 

2. Dea. Samuel, (2d ch. of Samuel,) was b. Nov.. 1773 ; m. May 
28, 1801, Lois Goodridge, of Lyndeboro. He cl. at Fitchburg, Mass., 
Jan. 18, 1842. She d. at T. May 4, 1847 : ch. (3d Gen.) I. Sewall 
Goodridge (hereafter.) II/ Betsy, b. Temple, June 20, 1804. III. 
Israel Hutchinson, b. at T. May 28, 1806 ; m. Sept. 3, 1835, Esther 
C. Lawrence, of Ashby, Mass., and had four ch. (4th Gen.) 1. Eliza 
A., b. Feb. 15, 1837 ; d. Sept. 3, 1856. II. Mary A., b. Aug. 22, 
1838 ; both b. in Ashby. III. Urania E., b. at Leominster, Mass., Dec. 
23, 1844. IV. Herbert G., b. July 4, 1847, in L. 3. IV. Samuel, 
(hereafter.) V. Charles Cotesworth Pinkney, b. at T., Oct. 26, 1812 ; 
grad. Amherst coll. ; d. Dec. 20, 1838, at Holliston, Mass. He was 
then a member of the Middle Class of Andover Theolog. Sem. 

3. Sewall G. was b. Mar. 12, 1802, at Temple. He m. Nov. 9, 
1832, Betsy A. Brown, of Medway, Mass., who d. at Holliston, May 6, 
1842 ; (2) Elizabeth S. Blanchard, of Boston, Jan. 17, 1844. S. G. 
Burnap grad. at Hanover Medical School, 1826. Settled in Holliston, 
Mass. Ch. I. Charles Brown, b. May 22, 1835 ; d. Oct. 26, 1851. 

3. Samuel, was b. at Temple, Oct. 12, 1809; m. Mar. 20, 1834, 
Lucinda Farweli, of Ashby, Mass. ; r. in Temple until Oct. 1838, when 
he re. to Fitchburg, Mass., where he now r. His w. d. Sept. 29, 1852. 
He m. (2) Harriet Trow, of Barre, Vt, ; ch. I. • Charles C, b. Dec. 
12, 1834; re. to Iowa, 1857. II. Maria E., b. Jan. 15, 1836 ; d. Jan. 
15, 1853. III. Edwin S., b. Aug. 19, 1838, in Temple. IV. Ellen 
L., b. June 10, 1841. V. George F., b. Oct. 25, 1849. 

1. Moses Child, was b. on ship-board, in Casco Bay, his parents being 
on their way from England to this country. His father's name was Isaac. 
Moses m. Sarah Stiles [b. 1735,] at Lunenburg, Mass. She d. June 3, 
1818. He d. Feb. 8, 1793. He held a commission of Ensign in the 
French war, dated March 6, 1760, signed by Thomas Pownall, Gov'r 



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of the Prov. of Mass. (His grandson, James L. Child, Esq., of 
Augusta, has recently placed sd. commission in the possession of the Maine 
Hist. Soc.) He also received an important commission from Gen. Washing- 
ton. (See Oration) : ch. b.Groton, Mass. I. Asa, b. Apr. 8, 1759 ; d. June, 
1759. II. Saliy, b. Mar. 26, 1760 ; d. May, 1760. III. James, b. Apr. 4, 
1762 ; m. 1781, Hannah Cashing, of Abington, Mass ; re. to Hallowell, 
(now Augusta,)Me., 1786, and d. Mar. 23, 1840. His ch. were Anna, 
Greenwood Gushing, James Loring, (a distinguished lawyer, r. Augusta,) 
Hannah, Elisha, John and Sarah. IV. Sarah, b. June 26, 1763 ; d. 
Feb. 28, 1838. Y. Susanna, b. Feb. 9, 1766 ; m. Judge Eben'r 
Champney, of New Ipswich ; d. Sept. 1796. 2. VI. Elisha, (here- 
after.) VII. Prudence, b. Aug. 30, 1769; m. Eben'r Stiles, of T., 
and d. Sept. 5, 1805. VIII. Betsy, 1 b. Nov. 2, 1771 ; d. May 12, 
1848. 2. IX. Isaac, (hereafter.) X. Anna, b. Sept. 23, 1777 ; d. 
Oct. following. 

2. Elisha, b. at Groton, Oct. 31, 1767 ; re. to Temple ; m. Feb. 17, 
1795, Martha Abbot, of Wilton, N. EL She was born Dec. 11, 1772. 
He d. Apr. 1, 1853 ; ch. b. in Temple: I. Moses, b. Jan. 30, 1796; 
d. June 25, 1796. II. Patty, b. Aug. 16, 1797 ; unrn. III. Sarah 
H., b. Mar. 22, 1799 ; m. Nov. 24, 1825, James Killam, of Temple. 
Ch: I. Rodney A., b. July 11, 1828. II. James O., b. June 27, 
1831 ; m. May 3, 1855, Sarah J. Jewett, of T. She d. Nov. 27, 
1855. III. Elizabeth M., b. Nov. 28, 1840. IV. Polly, b. Mar. 23, 
1801 ; m. Nath'l F. Laws, of Peterboro, N. H. ch. : I. Martha C, b. 
July 28, 1827 ; m. Wm. C. Tuttle, Nov. 5, 1847, and d. Oct. 11, 1853. 
II. Almena F. Laws, b. May 16, 1832 : m. Wm. E. Dadmun, Concord, 
N. H., Jan. 6, 1859. III. Albert D., b. Feb. 3, 1836. 

3. V. James, (hereafter.) VI. Nahum, b. July 3, 1805 ; m. Betsy 
Wright, of Westford, Mass. ; ch. : I. Mary E., b. May 17, 1838. He 
r. Wilton, N. H. VII. Harriett, b. July 9, 1807 ; m. Mar. 5, 1829, 
Samuel Mitchell, of Hancock, N. H. ; ch : I. Martha J., b. May 23, 
1331 ; d. Aug. 7. 1853. Sam'l Mitchell d. Aug. 22, 1850. His wid. 
m. Dea. Francis Patten, of Candia, N. H., Dec. 25, 1855. 

VIII. Betsy, b. Apr. 8, 1809 ; m. Sept. 29, 1829, Francis Killam, 
of T. ; ch : I. Geo. F., b. May 19, 1835 ; m. Dec. 14, 1854, Mary A. 
Chesley, of Barnstead, N. H. He and his father re. to Lawrence, 
Kansas. Francis d. May 26, 1857. Elisha Child was appointed in 
1800, county coroner. 

3. James, b. Sept. 20, 1802 ; m. May 10, 1827, Mary L. Laws, of 
Peterboro, N. H., b. Jan. 19, 1799 ; ch : I. Nahum A., b. Nov. 9, 
1828. James Child r. on the old homestead. 

i Betsy, eighth ch. of Moses, m. Aug. 1810, John Spalter; ch: I. John H., b. Oct. 
28, 1811; m. July 15, 1841, Martha A. Hildreth; r. Keene, N. H. ; ch: I. Walter H., b. 
Oct. 5, 1842. II. Francis B., b. Sept. 3, 1845. III. Clara M.,b. Oct. 22, 1848; d. 1851. 
IV. Addie C, b. Aug. 20, 1852. V. Charles J. VI. Mary G., b. Mar. 9, 1855. The 
other ch. of Betsy were Elizabeth and Albert D., an Epis. cler'n, Wilkinsonville, 
Mass.; m. (1) Abigail R. Shattuck, Nov. 1838; m. (2) Louisa A. E. Field, July, 1859. 



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2. Isaac, b. July 27, 1774; m. 1802, Sarah Rockwood ; eh : I. 
Rufus, b. Dec. 9, 1809 ; sup. Gas Works, Lawrence, Mass. II. Sarah 
R,, b. Apr. 3, 1811 ; m. 1827, John A. Haskell; d. Feb. 12, 1843. 

1. Elias Colburn and Mehitable Wheeler, his wife, came from Hollis 
to Temple, July, 1773. He d. Aug. 11, 1831. She d. Sept. 6, 1824 ; 
ch : I. Elias, b. Feb. 8, 1774 ; d. Apr. 23, 1795. II. Mehitable, b. 
Feb. 20, 1775; m. Feb., 1802, Ebenezer Killam, r. Temple, and there 
d. Aug. 28, 1823. III. Anna, b. Feb. 20, 1777 ; m. Jan., 1798, 
Barachias Abbott, of Wilton, N. H., and re. to Landsgrove, Vt., where 
she d. 1856. 2. IV. Nathan, (hereafter.) V. Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 
1781 ; d. Mar. 11, 1848. VI. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1784 ; d. Aug. 
1, 1853. VII. Daniel, b. Sept. 28, 1793 ; d. Oct. 25, 1796. 

2. Nathan, fourth ch. of Elias, b. June 3, 1779 ; m. Betsy Powers 
Nov. 5, 1801 ; ch : 

3. I. Nathan, (hereafter.) II. Betsy, b. July 10, 1804 ; m. May 
12, 1825, Abiel Holt; r. South Merrimac, N. H. 3. III. Elias, 
(hereafter.) IV. Achsah, b. Mar. 6, 1811 ; m. Aug. 6, 1841, Geo. 
W. Bancroft ; re. to Clinton, Mich. ; m. (2) Elijah Lyman, of Strongs- 
ville, O., where she now r. V. Ketarah, b. Mar. 5, 1816; d. July 3, 
1832. VI. Martha, b. Sept. 21, 1818. VII. Lucy, b. Jan. 27, 1823. 

3. Nathan, first ch. of Nathan, b. Oct. 20, 1802 ; m. Nov. 3, 1830, 
Jane Parker, of Cambridge, Mass. ; ch. : 

I. Mary Jane, b. Mar. 1, 1833 ; m. Feb. 22, 1855, Thomas H. 
Brewer, of Cambridge, Mass. II. Charles N., b. Oct. 24, 1835 ; m. 
July 12, 1859. Emeline, dau. of Josiah Wilder, of Wilder Village, 
New Ipswich. III. Achsah B., b. July 17, 1837. IV. Susan P., 
b. Jan. 29, 1843. V. Lucy M., b. June 2, 1845. VI. Lydia B., b. 
July 3, 1848. 

3. Capt. Elias, third ch. of Nathan 1st, and brother of the last 
Nathan, b. Nov. 23,1807 ; m. Nov. 18, 1830, Amanda Blanchard, of 
Milford, N. H. ; ch : 

I. Nathan J., b. Sept. 16, 1831 ; m. Mar., 1855, Clara Humphrey, of 
So. Merrimac; r. Nashua. II. Elliot P., b. Dec. 28, 1832; d. Mar. 
15, 1836. III. Nancy S., b. Jan. 14, 1837. IV. George E., b. Mar. 
12, 1840. V. Everett E., b. May 14, 1843. VI. Mary A., b. July 
18, 1847. 

1. John Cragon, as the name was then spelled, the first and only person 
by that name who ever came to this country, was sent hither by order of 
the British Government, in the ship "John and Sarah," Capt, John 
Greene, master, in the year 1652, as a Scotch prisoner of war, with over 
270 others, who were probably taken at the battle of Dunbar, Sept. 3, 
1650, where the Scots were beaten, and Cromwell was victorious ; four 
thousand were slain, and ten thousand were taken prisoners. They were 



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sent to Charlestown, and consigned to one Thomas Kemble, and sold for 
slaves, " as a sort of banishment for what the English termed rebellion.''' 
Rev. John Mather writes from Boston to Lurd General Cromwell, 
1761, respecting some of the same class, "The Scots whom God hath 
delivered into your hands at Dunbar, and whereof sundry were sent 
hither, we have been desirous to make their yoke easy. He who bought 
most of them, I hear, built houses for them, with land, and required them 
to work three days for him, and four for themselves, promising them their 
liberty as soon as they should repay the money laid out for them." 
Tradition says that John Cragin was pressed into the Pretender's army 
at the age of 16 ; the Scots were beaten, the officers put to death, and 
the soldiers banished ; some to America, and some to Liberia ; that 
Cragon came to Boston, had the smallpox during the voyage, and when 
about to be thrown overboard, a young English lady interfered and saved 
his life. This lady he afterward married, in AYoburn, where he resided 
and died. Her name was Sarah Dawes ; their ch. ; I. Abigail, b. Aug. 
4, 1662; m. John Knight, Mar. 2, 1691. II. Sarah, b. July 10, 166-1. 
III. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 3, 1666; m. John Shepherd, of Concord, Mass., 
Mar. 19, 1690. IV. Mercy, b. Mar. 25, 1669; m. Thomas Skelton, 
of Woburn, Dec. 29, 1701. V. Anna, b. Aug. 6, 1673. 2. VI. 
John, (hereafter.) VII. Rachel, b. Mar. 14, 1680. VIII. Leah, b. 
Mar. 14, 1680 ; both d. young. 

2. John, (sixth child of the 1st John,) was b. Sept. 19, 1677 ; m. 
Deborah Skelton. (3d Gen.) I. John, (hereafter.) II. Anna, b. Mar. 

25, 1701. III. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1702. This John C. d. Jan. 

26, 1703, ae. 26. 

3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701 ; m. Judith 
Barker, of Concord, and settled in that part of the town now called 
Acton, from whence he re. to Temple, N. H. ; ch : 

(4th Gen.) I. Dea. John, (hereafter.) II. Judith, b. Dec. 27, 
1730; d. Nov. 16, 1752. III. Mary, b. Jan. 21,1732. IY. Joseph, 
b. June 28, 1735. V. Dorothy, b. Jan. 3, 1738 ; m. Joseph Cleave- 
land, of Concord, 1763. VI. Benjamin, (hereafter.) VII. Francis, 
(hereafter.) VIII. Anna, b. Mar. 2, 1742; m. Joseph Towne, of 
Oxford. IX. Timothy, b. Sept. 28, 1745. 

4. Dea. John Cragin, (the oldest child of the third John,) was born 
in Acton, Mass. He was a man of strong; mind, and great decision of 
character. Xotices of him are scattered through this book. One of his 
children — J udith — married David Searle • another was 

5. Capt. J ohn Cragin ; he had several children, one of whom was 
Samuel. He now resides in Deep Creek, Virginia. Another son was, — 



6. John, resided in Temple, had several children, among whom is, — 



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7. John Wisner, who is a teacher of eminence, at the present time, in 
St. Charles, Mo, 

4. Francis, (seventh ch. of the 3d John Cragin,) re. from Acton to 
( Temple with his father and brothers, John and Benjamin, in., (1) Eliza- 
beth Law. Ch. : I. Paul, m. Polly Whittemore ; II. Timothy. He 
m., (2) Sybil Piper. (See Piper Gen.) 5. III. Francis, (hereaf- 
ter.) IV. Silas, b. April 16, 1775, m. Anna Prichard Nov. 20, 1797. 
5. Y. Stephen, (hereafter.) YI. Sybil, b. Dec. 12, 1778, d. young. 

VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799. 

VIII. Joseph, b. Aug. 4, 1783 ; m., Aug. 25, 1803, Hannah Patten, 
m., (2) Sarah Kobinson, May 21, 1835. IX. Leonard, b. Aug. 29, 
1785, m., Margaret Ritchie. X. Anna, b. Mar. 24, 1789. XI. Isaiah, 
b. Jan. 7, 1791; m., Sept., 1812, Hannah Hildreth ; m., (2) Sivona 
Davis, Apr. 30, 1825. XII. Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1794, m., (1) Jan. 2, 
1817, Margaret Campbell, m., (2) 1848, S. H. Cooper. 

5. Francis, (third ch. of Francis,) b. Oct. 24, 1773, m. Sarah Cum- 
mings. Ch. : one of whom was, — 6. Francis, (hereafter,) and another 
— 6. Augustus, (hereafter.) 

6. Francis, b. at Temple Aug. 15, 1796 ; m., (1) June 16, 1824, 
Alice McKean of Windham, N. H., who was b. Aug. 28, 1796, and d. 
Sept. 17, 1825; m., (2) Apr. 16, 1829, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Elias 
Boynton, of Temple, who was b. June 12, 1804. Ch. : I. William 
McKean, b. at T. Aug. 21,1825. II. Francis, b. at T. Jan. 24,1831 ; 
m., Oct., 1854, Eliza R. Baldwin, of Greenfield, N. H. III. Alice 
Jane, b. at Peterboro, N. H., Aug. 17, 1834; m., Jan. 1, 1856, John 
H. Vose, of Peterboro. IV. Hannah Maria, b. at P., Oct. 28, 1836. 

V. Samuel Oliver, b. Mar. 30, 1840, at P. 

6. Augustus, b. July 19, 1802 ; m., Dec. 14, 1830, Almira Boyn- 
ton, b. Dec. 5, 1807. Ch. : I. Martha J., b. July 7, 1831, d. Aug. 
19, 1833. II. Almira, b. Sept. 3, 1832. III. Julia E., b. May 25, 
1835. IV. Daniel, b. Jan. 1, 1837. V. Esther J., b. Jan. 5, 1839. 

VI. Mary E., b. Jan. 31, 1841. VII. Sarah, b. Oct, 27, 1842. 
VIII. Joseph A., b. Sept. 27, 1844. IX. Nathan A., b. Mar. 14, 
1848. X. George F., b. Dec. 16, 1850. 

5. Stephen, fifth ch. of the 1st. Francis, was b. at T. Mar. 16, 1777 ; 
m., May 3, 1799; married Martha Kimball. Ch. b. in Temple : I. Eve- 
line, b. May 28, 1800, d. 1822. IL Caroline, b. Apr. 3, 1803; m., 
Samuel Fisher, d. 1851. 6. III. Francis Kimball, (hereafter.) IV. 
Franklin Holmes, b. May 26, 1807, d. May 26, 1810. V. Stephen 
Dexter, b. Apr. 21, 1812 • m., June 18, 1838, Sarah B. Wall. 

6. Francis Kimball, b. Apr. 5, 1805 ; in., Lucy, dau. of Dr. John 
Preston, of New Ipswich, N. H. Ch. : I. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 14, 1830. 
II. Lucy Maria, b. Oct. 13, 1836. 



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Dr. James Crombie. — Few of the citizens of Temple have 
been more influential, or held in higher estimation, than Dr. 
Crombie. His good sense, and superior natural abilities, 
more than made up for the want of any further scholastic 
education than he was enabled to acquire at common schools 
and at the Academy at Amherst, N. H., which he at one time 
attended. It was here that he made the acquaintance of Gen. 
James Miller, and the intimacy then formed, continued almost 
without interruption until the General's death. 

Dr. Crombie was a shrewd observer of men and things, and 
his knowledge of human nature served him equally well in his 
especial calling, and the common routine of life. His percep- 
tion of right and wrong was quick and delicate, and when 
disputes arose in his neighborhood, he was often called upon 
to exercise it. Two men, for example, bargained concerning 
a load of hay. Smith was to cure it and put it in Brown's 
barn ; Smith drove it in, and told Brown to unload it, as he 
had fulfilled his part of the contract. The latter refused, and 
a quarrel ensued ; and who knows what might have happened, 
had not the Doctor ridden up, in the fortunate nick of time. 
Both were for leaving it out to the Doctor. " Well, gentle- 
men," said he, "you say you have both sworn not to move the 
hay?" (Smith and Brown simultaneously and very sharply 
in the affirmative.) " Then the case is a very plain one, very 
plain indeed. You, Mr. Smith, must of course leave your cart 
there, and Brown must tie his horse to it till he eats the hay 
off!" Who could help laughing, however indignant, and who 
could get over the logic at the same time ! 

Dr. Crombie was twice elected Representative, but politics 
were not to his taste, and he commonly avoided entering the 
partisan's arena. When he did, however, as happened in the 
Legislature, his few words were very pungent. But most he 
loved his home and fireside, and the genial, though toilsome 
practice of his profession. He was uniformly courteous to 
the numerous guests at his establishment, was gentle in his 
manners, and had a pleasing address. He was a good farmer, 
kept a fine horse, and rode him well. His pet accomplishment 
was ornamental penmanship, and he made some fair essays in 
painting. 

Scrupulous in his attention to religious observances, he also 
had much of that humanitarian spirit, which indicates a true 
perception of the relations of men to their Creator and each 
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1. Lieut. Archelaus Cummings, m., Rachel Rowell, re. from Tops- 
field, Mass., to Temple, in 1773 ; d. July 4, 1814. She d. June 16, 
1848- Ch.: I. Sarah, b. Oct. 22, 1776; m. Francis Cragin, of New 
Ipswich. 2. II. Archelaus, (hereafter.) III. Betsy, b. July 18, 
1780 ; m. Seth, son of Gen. F. Blood, d. Oct. 6, 1859." IV. Polly, b. 
May 6, 1782 ; m. Jonathan Cutter, of T, ; m, (2) Dea. Dakin, of Sud- 
bury, Mass. ; d. May 12, 1849. V. Rachel, b. Mar. 2. 1784 ; rn. Dea. 
Nathan Wheeler; d. Sept. 1, 1842. 

2. Capt. Archelaus, b. Aug. 3, 1778 ; m., Polly Edwards, (2) 
Hannah Buss ; d. Dec. 25, 1847. Ch. : I. Lucy Wheeler, b. Nov. 16, 
1800 ; m,, Warren Keyes, of Temple. II. Mary, b. May 28, 1802. d, 
same clay. III. Alanson, b. July 1, 1803; m. Mary Hartwell. IY. 
Mary, b. Apr. 21, 1807 ; d. Aug. 12, 1813. Y. Archelaus, b. June 11, 
1809; m. Mary Fletcher. YI. Hannah, b. Mar. 21, 1811 ; m. Still- 
man Blood. VII. Sarah Goodhue, b. July 15, 1813 ; m. Fletcher, 

d. VIII. Polly, b. Mar. 1, 1815 ; m. Wallace. IX. Rachell 

Rowell, b. Sept. 25, 1816 ; m. Shute. X. Emily, b. Feb. 4, 1819. 

XL Sumner, b. Dec. 1, 1820. XII. Cynthia, b. June 24, 1822 ; in., 
Dr. Cummings. 

1. John Cutter, r. in Lexington, Mass. ; had five sons and three 
daughters. Of the s., John re. to New Ipswich about 1768, Nathan and 
Benjamin to Temple in the spring of 1767. The other two s. were Jona- 
than and David. The dau. were Bachel, x\bigail, and Elizabeth. 

2. Benjamin, s. of John, was b. Dec. 3, 1743 ; m., 1768, Hannah 
Andrews, of Concord, (now Carlisle,) Mass.; r. Temple, and d. Mar. 
16, 1821, at T. Ch. : I. Benjamin, b. Oct. 19,1768; m., Dec. 7, 
1790. Polly, dau. of Gen. Francis Blood, r. atT., and d. there Dec. 26, 
1806. II. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 10, 1771, d. 1773. III. Hannah, b. 
Apr. 17, 1773; m., Nov. 26, 1797, Jonathan Foster, of Temple; d. 
1815, at Weston, Yt., their place of residence. IY. Lucy, b. July 11, 
1775 ; rn., Feb. 4, 1794, James Bartlett. of T. ; r. at Temple, and there 
d. Feb. 5, 1807. V. Rachel, b. Oct. 16, 1777 ; m., 1798, Asa Pow- 
ers, of T. ; r. Dublin, N. H., where she d. July, 1857. VI. Jonathan, 
b. June 16, 1780 ; m., Oct. 18, 1801, Polly Cummings, of Temple ; r. 
at Temple, where he d. Feb. 14, 1807. 3. VII. Solomon, (hereafter.) 
VIII. Rhoda, b. Mar. 26, 1785; m., Sept. 18, 1804, Levi Pierce, of 
T., and r. there until she d., Sept. 27, 1850. IX. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 
22, 1787; m., Feb. 3, 1806, David Amsden, of Mason, N. H., where 
she r. until she d., Feb., 1853. X. Polly, b. May 4, 1790; m., May 
14, 1811, Joshua P. Searle, of T. XI. Louis, b. June 25, 1792, d. 
Jan. 27, 1814, at T. 

3. Solomon was b. Jan. 10, 1783 ; m., 1803, Dolly Rowell, of Tem- 
ple; r. Temple, and there d. Dec. 27, 1831. Ch. : I. Dolly, b. Oct. 
19,1803; d. July 23, 1841, at Temple. II. Benjamin, b." Oct. 25, 
1805; m., Sept., 1837, Catherine Foster, of Andover, Mass.; r. Bos- 



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ton, Mass. III. Calista, b. Jan. 2, 1808 ; m., May, 1834, John Q. Ad- 
ams, of Bellingham, Mass.; r. at Walpole, Mass. IV. James M., b. 
Feb. 21, 1810; d. Aug. 27, 1810, at Spartenburg, S. C. 4. V. El- 
bridge (>., (hereafter.) VI. Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1814 ; m., Oct. 29, 1839, 
John B. Farrington, of Dedham, Mass., where she r. VII. Jonathan 
M., b. Feb. 25,°1817; d. June 8, 1832, at Temple. VIII. Lucy; b. 
Sept. 28, 1819 ; m., May 14, 1848, Abiel Lovejoy, of T. ; r. there until 
she d., Nov. 15, 1856. IX. Syrene A., b. Nov. 1, 1824, and there d. 
June 8, 1832. 

4. Elbridge a. was b. July 21, 1812; m., Mar. 10, 1842, Harriett 
J. Bird, of Watertown, Mass. ; r. at Temple. Ch. : I. James M., b. 
July 3, 1842. II. Mary C, b. May 23, 1844. III. Hattie M., b. 
Sept. 20, 1849. IV. Ella, b. July 26, 1855. 

1. Capt. Ebenezer Edwards was b. at Acton, Mass., March 23, 1757. 
He was a member of the Acton Company of Minute-men, under com- 
mand of Capt. Davis, and was with the company at " The Bridge," 
when they met the British. He was also on Dorchester Heights, at the 
siege of Boston. He worked on the fortification of the harbor, after the 
evacuation of Boston, as a carpenter, at the same time doing military 
duty. He re. to what is now Sharon, in 1777, and to Temple in 1780. 
About 1786, he built what is now known as the Gen. Miller House, and 
r. there until about 1819. 

Mr. Edwards' intimate connection with the town affairs is made evident 
in the municipal history, where he appears as having held all the prin 
cipal offices in its gift ; he was, moreover, one of the Assessors of the 
Direct Tax, in 1813, '14 and '15. M., Apr. 20, 1778, Lucy Wheeler, 
of Lincoln, Mass., who d. Nov. 20, 1800; he m., (2) Mary Flint, b. 
•Jan. .3, 1775, in Lincoln, May 12, 1801 ; she d. Jan. 15, 1839, in Den- 
mark, Iowa. In Capt. E.'s diary of 1803, April 13, I find the follow- 
ing : "A gentleman from Pepperell asked what I married my wife for? 
Ans. — Beauty." Capt. E. d. Mar. 21, 1826, in Temple. Ch. : 

I. Sally, b. Mar. 30, 1779, d. Mar. 24, 1781. II. Polly, b. Aug. 
21, 1781; m. at T. Nov. 26, 1799. Archelaus Cummings, r. Temple, 
d. Aug. 7, 1807, in T. III. Lydia, b. May 6, 1783; m., Mar. 4, 
1802, at T. Amos Heald, r. Chester, Vt. 2. IV. Nathaniel, (here- 
after.) V. John, b. Feb. 13, 1787, d. Nov. 10, 1799, in T. VI. 
Thomas, b. June 5, 1788, d. July 8, 1788, at T. VII. Hannah, b. 
Aug. 9, 1789, d. Dec. 23, 1795, at T. VIII. Frederick Augustus, b. 
July 27, 1791, m. Apr. 5, 1814, at T. Polly Barker, r. Mt. Holly and 
Chester, Vt., d. June 26, 1842, at C. IX. Sally, b. Oct. 1, 1793, d. 
June 21, 1796, at T. X. Lucy, b. Oct. 31, 1795, m., Dec. 16, 1813, 
Earle Searle, r. Temple; m., (2) Lewis Epps, May 3, 1836, r. Den- 
mark, Iowa. XL Eb'enezer Prescott, b. Nov. 21, 1800; m., July 2, 
1828, at Hancock, X. H, Lucinda Spear, r. New Ipswich, N. H. ; he 
d. Feb. 11, 1857. Mr. E. P. Edwards was Dep. Sheriff in Hillshoro- 
Co. a great number of vears, and very efficient. XII. Mary Caroline, 
b. Dec. 21, 1802 ■ m.„ Nov., 1826, at Salem, Mass., Jonas A. Marshall, 
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r. Fitchburg, Mass.; d. Sept. 7, 1828, at F. XLTL John Fox, b. Aug. 
5, 1806; m., Dec, 1831, at Boston, Susan Tead, r. Boston. Mr. E. 
is an architect by profession. XIV. Ruth Flint, b. Dec. 27, 1814; m., 
Sept. 12, 1837, at Boston, Wm. R. Cooper, r. Denmark, Iowa. XY. 
James Miller, so named from his uncle, Gen. James Miller, b. Dec. 27, 
1814; m., July 3, 1843, at New Ipswich, N. H., Rebecca Jane Batch- 
elder, r. Brookline, Mass.; m., (2) Mar. 6, 1854, at Boston, Mass., 
Elizabeth P. Moffatt, r. Boston. 

2. Nathaniel, fourth ch. of Capt. E. Edwards, was b. May 26, 1785 ; 
m., June 16, 1808, Sarah Wilson, b. Mar. 5, 1784. His ch. were all 
b. in Temple, at his father's. I. Sarah, b. Apr. 4, 1809, d. Mar. 17, 
1853. II. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1810, d. Mar. 4, 1850. III. Abby, b. 
Oct. 10, 1812. IV. Susan W., b. Feb. 23, 1815. V. Supply W., 
(hereafter.) VI. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1819. VII. Nathaniel P., b. 
July 27, 1822 ; m., Apr. 13, 1848, Sylvia A. Foster, b. Greenfield, N. 
EL, Mar. 21, 1826. VIII. Charles W, b. Feb. 7, 1826. r. West Wil- 
ton, N. H. 

3. Supply W., fifth ch. of Nathaniel, was b. Apr. 9, 1817 ; m., Dec. 
10, 1840, Elizabeth Winn, b. Aug. 2, 1820. Ch. : I. John Wheeler, 
b. May 28, 1844. II. Charles Warren, b. Jan. 12, 1847. III. George 
Walter, b. Feb. 14, 1849. IV. Edwin Brooks, b. May 3, 1851. V. 
Emma Josephine, b. Jan. 8, 1853. VI. Alma Jane, b. Jan. 13, 1856. 
Mr. E. is a, stone-mason by trade, and r. in Temple where his ch. were 
born, 

I. Abel Farrar, b. June 12, 1797; m., Dec, 1818, Hepsibeth 
Boynton, d. Jan. 2, 1840. Ch. : I. Caroline, b. Feb. 1, 1820 ; m. 
Noah P. Davis. Had ch. : I. George H. II. Charles W. III. Mary 
Caroline. , IV. Ellen Elizabeth. V. Martha Jane. VI. Maria Jo- 
sephine. VII, Clementine Viletta. VIII. and IX. Elizabeth and 
James. X. Ella Johnson. 

II. Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1822 ; m. Orville B. Whiting, d. Apr. 20, 1856. 

III. Simon B„ b. Sept, 24, 1824 ; m. Lydia E. Spaulding, June 6, 
1849. Ch. : I. Orville W., b. Mar, 6, 1851, d. Aug. 2, 1853. II. 
Hattie Anna, b. Mar, 24, 1854. III. Carrie Emma. b. Mar. 30, 1856, 
d. 1856. JV. George F., b. June 3, 1858. 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1826; m. Win. D. Blodgett, d. July 5, 
1859. Ch. : ,1. Freddie D., b. June, 1852, d. June, 1854. II. Ella, 
b. Sept. 3, 1854. JIL Freddie, b. 1858. 

V. David A, b. May 26, 1829; m. Anna McDonald, d. Mav 11, 
1854. 

VI. George W., b. Apr. 11, 1832; m. Martha A.Wilson. Ch. : I. 
Nelly,, b. Nov., 1856. H. George Willie, b, 1858, d. Apr. 13, 1859. 

1. Peter Felt was b. Nov. 14, 1745, in Lynn, Mass.; m. Nov. 18, 
1769, Lucy Andrews, of, Ipswich, Mass. .. lie in. (2) Mrs. — — Gil- 
more, of Jaffrey, N, H., and d. at Temple, Jan. 2, 1817. Peter Felt 



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was a brother of Aaron Felt, who came to Temple about 1763. Peter, 
however, came first and settled on a S. E. Lot. When Aaron came, he 
purchased a lot adjoining Peter's. Peter was the first shoemaker in 
town. In 1789 he erected a large, square, and commodious mansion, 
which is still in good condition, and remains unaltered, being firmly built, 
and of the best material. "The old oaken bucket," suspended by a 
sweep, still " hangs in the well." It is now owned and occupied by his 
nephew, Daniel Felt. Peter had ch.; all b. in T. I. Peter, b. July 

26, 1770 ; d. May 16, 1779. II. John, b. Nov. 13, 1771 ; d. May 
30, 1779. III. Joshua, b. Mar. 4, 1773; m. Lucy Spafford, of T.; d. 
May 4, 1812, at Kumford, Me. IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 15, 1775, d. 
Nov. 14, 1775. V. Lucy, b. Nov. 14, 1776 ; d. May 29, 1779. VI. 
Hannah, b. Nov. 16, 1778 ; m. 1798, Stephen Mansur, of T.; d. Feb. 
23, 1842, at Wilton, N. H. VII. Lucy, b. Nov. 26, 1780 ; m. Moses 
Cragin, of T. VIII. Polly, b, Nov. 1, 1782 ; m. Daniel Emery, of 
JafTrey, N. H. IX. Peter, b. Dec. 1, 1784; m. Polly Fletcher, of 
New Ipswich, N. H. X. Susan, b. Oct. 21, 1786 ; m. Gideon Sanders, 
of JafTrey; d. Jan. 10, 1845, at Springfield, Mass. XI. John, b. 
Apr. 20, 1789 ; m. Feb. 27, 1812, Sally Bullard, of Mason, N. EL, 
where he now r. XII. Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1791 ; m. Sybil Jefts, of 
Mason ; d. Nov., 1842, at Newburyport, Mass. XIII. Stephen, b. 
Sept. 15, 1793 ; m. Mary Ames, of Peterboro, N. II. Stephen's 2d 

w. was Eliza Morrison. Peter's 2d w. was Mrs. Tenney. Lucy's 

2d bus. was Joseph Bullard, of Mason, N. H. 

1 Aaron Felt, brother of Peter, was b. 1742, in Lynn, Mass.; m. 
1763, Tabitha Upton, of Reading, Mass., who d. 1789, in T.; m., (2) 
Jan. 1791, Azubah Weston, of Townsend, Mass., who d., Aug. 18, 
1837, at Westport, N. Y. He d. July, 1801, at Temple. Ch. all b. 
inT.: I. first ch., d. young. II. William, b. May 28, 1768 ; m. 
Ruth Hildreth, of Westford, Mass.; was killed by a falling tree, Oct 11, 
1824, Bethany, N. Y. III. Aaron, b. Mar. 1, 1770 ; d. Nov. 17, 
1770. IV. Aaron, b. Oct. 31, 1771 ; in. Rachel Chase,' of Westport,. 
Mass ; d. Mar. 28, 1820, suddenly, in the " Fifty Mile Woods," N. Y. 
V. David, b. Oct. 31, 1763; m. (1) Susan Pollard, of New Ipswich, 
N. H. He m. (2) a Mrs. Barrett, of Manchester, N. H , and d. Oct. 7, 
1852, at Ludlow, Vt. VI. Amos, b. Nov. 16, 1775, m. Apr. 9, 
1799, Hannah Fish, of Temple. He started with a heavily loaded ox- 
team, for Boston, on the morning of April 10, (Tuesday.) On Friday 
morning, while at Waltham, he fell from the "spire " of his wagon, and 
two wheels passed over his breast. He arose, walked about forty rods to 
a house, told them his name, residence, &c, and soon expired. VII. 
Samuel Webster, b. Sept. 21, 1777 ; m. Sept., .1804, Lydia Wheeler, of 
Temple; m. (2) Polly Bingham, of Westport, N. Y.; d. Aug. 4,1841, 
at Plattsburg, N. Y. VIII. Abiatba, b. Sept. 7, 1780 ; m. Jesse 
Braman, of Framingham, Mass.; d. March 31, 1819, Westport, N. Y. 
IX. Daniel, b. July 5, 1782 ; d. of an ulcer in his throat, Aug. 

27, 1798. X. Lydia, b. Sept, 21,- 1784; m. Otis Braman, of Fra- 
mingham, Mass.; d. Sept. 14, 1844, in Ohio. XL Jacob, b. May 18, 



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1786 ; m. Betsy Neagles, of Maiden, Mass.; d. June 20, 1826, at 
Charlestown, Mass. XII. John Eogers, b. Feb. 7, 1792 ; m. Sept. 
23, 1823, Lucina Seekins, of Bethany, N. Y. XIII. Moses, b. June 
15, 1793 ; m. Lydia Clark, of Lexington, Mass.; she d., and he in. 
again. XIV. Azubah, b. Oet. 31, 1794 ; m. Jason Dunstir, of Mason, 
N. H.; d. Oct. 23, 1818, at M. XV. Sally, b. July 29, 1796; d. 
Dec. 16,1800. 2. XVI. Daniel, (hereafter.) XVII. Sally, b. Oct. 
4, 1801 ; in. Feb. 1824, Francis Hardy, of Westport, N. Y. 

2. Daniel, b. Sept. 26, 1799 ; m., April 18, 1826, Eliza Taylor, of 
Temple, who was b. June' 27, 1806, in Harvard, Mass. Ch.: first four 
b. in New Ipswich, the rest in Temple. I. Charles Walker, b. Mar. 24, 
1828 ; m. Feb. 13, 1855, Harriet A. Karris, of Panton, Vt. II. Em- 
ily Maria B., b. April 17, 1830. III. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 
1832. IV. George Daniel, b. May 15, 1835. V. S.usan Adeline, b. 
Nov. 24, 1837. VI. Edward Augustus, b. Sept. 15, 1840. VII. 
Edward Wilson, b. Dec. 1, 1841. VIII. Lucius Webster, b. Dec. 31, 
1844. IX. Elizabeth Taylor, b. May 18, 1847. X. Mary Francis, 
b. Aug. 29, 1850. 

The ancestors of the Fisk family were among the first emigrants from 
England, one of whom was the first settled minister in Chelmsford, Mass. 

1. Josiah Fisk, Dea. of Cong. Ch., and Town Clerk in Groton at 
an early date, about 1700, A. D., and Town Clerk of Pepperell during 
twenty years after that town was set off from Groton ; m. a member of 
the Lawrence family of the period, whence descended Abbott, Amos, 
and the other Lawrences ; d. at Pepperell, re. 74. She d. at P. as. 90. 

2. Josiah (2d,) b. at P., received a good education, and taught 
school several winters; m. Sarah Coburn, Dracutt, Mass.; d. at P., 
1765, se. 30, " much beloved by all." His wid. afterward m. Levi 
Blood, of Groton, and d. 1825, se. 88. David, another son, was acci- 
dentally killed by an apple thrown from the window of a church, at an 
ordination in Lunenburg. Another son, Abel, graduated at college, 
studied divinity, and was settled over the Cong. ch. in Wilton, N. H., 
where he preached till his death in 1802. He left two sons, Dea. Abel 
Fisk, who now r. in Wilton, N. H., and Theophilus, a Universalist 
preacher in Utica, N. Y. 

3. Josiah (3d,) was born at Pepperell, Sept. 3, l#o5. In the Rev- 
olution he joined a company, commanded by Capt. Dow, of Hollis, 
fought in Prescott's Reo-'t, at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was after- 
wards a fifer at Saratoga. At Bunker Hill, he took a register from the 
body of a British officer, which, with his fife, is still preserved. He m. 
Mary Caldwell, of Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 25, 1780. In 1782 he 
moved to Temple, and settled on land now called the " Searle's Farm." 
About 1787, he purchased Lt. Jonathan Marshall's farm, which was im- 
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was a man highly esteemed, and was never known to omit family wor- 
ship from his marriage till his death. He died suddenly, May 29, 1832. 
His wid. d. Dec. 25, 1834, ae. 79 yrs., 8 mo. Gh.: I. Josiah, b. Nov. 
14, 1781, m. Betsy Kimball, of Temple, and was drowned, at Medford, 
Mass., July 19, 1817, se. 38, 8 mo. II. Sarah was b. Apr. 19, 1784 ; d. 
Aug. 27, 1784. III. Polly, b. Oct. 12, 1785 ; m. Wm.. Patterson, who d. 
in Francestown, N. H., May 13, 1832, se. 48. She d. in Nashua, Jan. 6, 
1854. IY. Sally, b. Feb. 25, 1788 ; m. Earl Boynton ; r. New Ips- 
wich. 4. V. Jeremiah, (hereafter.) VI. Artemas, b. Sept. 11, 
1792 ; m. Lucy Jones, and d. New Ipswich, March 26, 1829. VII. 
David, b. May 12, 1795 ; d. July 10, 1795. VIII. David, b. Jan. 
12, 1797 ; m. Milly Sheldon ; r. Oxford, N. Y. IX. Seth IT., b. Sept. 
20, 1800 ; m. Lydia Putnam, Marblehead, who d. at Leroy, N. Y., 
Jan. 17, 1828, se. 21. He m. (2) Hannah J. Miles, Oxford, N. Y. 

4. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 17, 1790. He is one of the largest farmers 
in the county. He m. Sarah Heald, who d. in T., March 23, 1858, se. 
60. Their ch. were eleven in all, and six of them were successfully en- 
gaged in teaching, at the same time. I. James, b. March 16, 1816. 
II. Sarah Ann, b. June 20, 1817, m. Capt. Charles Walton, Dec. 1, 
1842 ; r. New Ipswich, N. H. III. Lois, b. March 21, 1819 ; d. July 
29, 1836. IV. Josiah, b. Nov. 6, 1820; m. Rebecca Flint, of Wal- 
tham, Mass., March 5, 1848. She d. Dec. 16, 1852, se. 25. V. 
Charlotte, b. July 9, 1822 ; m. May 14, 1846, Thomas Palmer, D. D., 
S., of Fitchburg, Mass. Dr. P. is one of the first Dental Surgeons in 
the country. VI. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 10, 1824 ; m.,Feb. 17, 1853, Car- 
oline Bailey, of Greenfield, N. H. He is among the first in his profes- 
sion of Dental Surgery; r. Clinton, Mass. VII. Alvah, b. Nov. 4, 
1825 ; d. of typhoid fever, Jan. 31, 1854, while on a visit, at Indianap- 
olis Ind. He was a young man of commanding talent, and died uni- 
versally lamented. VIII. Martin H. was b. May 10, 1827 ; grad. Dart. 
Coll.; became, in 1853, Principal of the Male Seminary at Paris, Tenn., 
and in 1854, was elected President of Paducah College, Paducah, 
Ky., which position he still occupies. IX. Emily, b. May 8, 1829 ; 
m., June 2, 1856, Daniel Lampson, East Weymouth, Mass. X. Re- 
becca, b. Feb. 20, 1831. XI. Charles, b. Dec. 2, 1832. Like his 
brother, Jeremiah, he has entered the practice of Dental Surgery. 

Reginald Foster, who emigrated to America 1638, and settled in 
Ipswich, Mass., is supposed to be the first American ancestor of this 
family. At this time he had five s. and two dau. The oldest s. was 16. 
One of the dau. m. a Peabody, another a Story. The family has not yet 
thoroughly investigated the particulars of its descent from Reginald to — 

1. Joshua Foster, who was born in Boxford, Mass., and m. Lydia 
Peabody of Andover, May 26, 1756. He and his w. re. to Temple 
(from Andover) in the autumn of 1764, with three ch., b. in Andover. 
Notices of him will be found in the " Oration." He d. at Temple (of 
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Ch. : (2d Gen ) I. Joshua, (hereafter.) II. Daniel, b. Mar. 10, 1759. 

III. Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1761. IV. Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1765. V. Betsey, 
Dec. 22, 1768. He first occupied Lot 9, R. IV., but in 1768 re. to 
Lot 3, R. X. 

2. Joshua, b. July 5, 1757 ; ra. 1806, Lucy, dau. of Benj. Tenney 
of Temple. She was born Oct. 26, 1779 ; d. Apr. 30, 1828. He was 
a Rev. soldier, and after his father's death settled on the farm. He d. 
Oct. 22, 1823. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. July 4, 1807; d. June 29,1834. 

II. Daniel, b. July 10, 1809; m. Mar. 15, 1837, at Royalston, Mass., 
Hannah Jones, b. Mar. 30, 1815, at R. Ch. : I. Matilda S., b. Feb. 
13, 1838, at R, II. Elmon J., b. Sept. 2, 1841, at Templeton, Mass., 
and d. Sept. 18, 1841. 3. III. Joshua, (hereafter.) IV. Benjamin T. 
Foster, b. July 8, 1813; m. Jan. 4, 1838, Abigail Howard. Ch. : I. 
Addison, b. Nov. 13, 1838. II. Lucius, b. Aug. 8, 1842 ; was drowned 
June 17, 1844. III. Walter, b. Apr. 13, 1844 ; d. Sept. 12, 1845. 

IV. Waldo, b. May 1, 1846. V. Abby H., b. Mar. 11, 1848. VI. 
Myron P., b. Sept, 9, 1850. VII. Hartley M., b. Apr. 8, 1853. 
VIII. Milo R., b. Nov. 10, 1857. 

V. David P., b. Sept. 4, 1815 ; m. Aug. 31, 1842, Nancy P. Tenney, 
of Royalston, Mass., who d. Jan. 25, 1846, ge. 24. He m. (2) Mar. 
25, 1847, Rebecca M. Walker, of Royalston, Mass., who d. Feb. 27, 
1859, se. 31. He has no ch. VI. Emily B., b. Feb. 14, 1818; d. 
Nov. 12, 1823. 

3. Joshua, b. Aug. 6, 1811 ; m. 1835, Mary, dau. of Daniel Healcl, 
of T. He r. on the old homestead until 1853, when he re. to Lot No. 
2, R. IX. Ch. : I. Emily J., bom June 30, 1837. III. Hannah A., 
b. Oct. 13, 1840. III. Oliver H., b. Jan. 16, 1842. IV. E. Eugene, 
b. Aug. 15, 1843. V. and VI. Twin dau. b. Feb. 7, 1845 ; cl. infants. 

Abel Gardner, s. of Jacob Gardner and Rachel Smith, was born in 
Hingham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1763; ni. Susanna Bryant, dau. of Joshua 
Bryant and Susanna Randolph, Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 15, 1785; re. to 
T. 1798, (Blacksmith.) She d. Sharon, N. H., July 19, 1833, aa. 66. 

He m. (2) Mansfield, wid., June, 1835. She s. L. in T. He d. 

Fitchburg, Mass., Apr. 29, 1840, 93. 77. His ch. : 

I. Susanna, b. Jan. 9, 1787 ; m. Samuel Bowman, Jan., 1816; he d. 
July, 1827 ; r. Charlestown, N. H. II. Nancy, b. July 5, 1789 ; m. 
Samuel Emery, May, 1815; he d. 1856, Lincoln, O.; she r. there. 

III. Abel, b. June 4, 1791 ; m. Louisa Knapen, 1814, who d. 1855. 
' He d. Buffalo, 1855, te. 64. IV. Penelope Randolph, b. Dec. 27, 1793 ; 

m. Benj. Goodrich, 1822; r. Salt Lake City. V. Bela, b. July 28, 
1796; m. Hannah Fitch, 1823, who d. Bedford, Mass., 1844. He d. 
June 28, 1844, in Boston, se. 48. VI. Eliza, b. July 7, 1798; m. 
Samuel Weston, Sept. 19, 1822; r. Peterboro, N. H. VH. Harriett, 
b. July 22, 1800; m. S. D. Dodge, Feb. 27, 1825; r. Northfield, Vt. 
VIII Olive McLauthlen, b. Apr. 4, 1802; m. John Davis, 1839 ; d. 
Oct. 7, 1856, in Rindge, N. H. IX. Sophia Wakefield, b. Jan. 24, 1804 ; 
ra. Lewis Ripley, 1824; r. North Chelmsford, Mass. X. Rachel Smith, 



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b. Jan. 26, 1806 ; m. Hosea Pratt, March 19, 1839, who d. Fitchburg, 
Mass., 1812. M. (2) David Hare, Apr. 6, 1853 ; r. Gilsum, N. H. 

XI. Emily Emery, b. Apr. 20, 1808; m. Samuel Merrill, 1834, who 
d. Albany, N. Y., 1841; m. (2) Stillman Powell; r. Lincoln,. 0. 

XII. Mary Jane, b. June 20, 1811 ; m. Franklin Benton, Nov. 19, 
1837 ; r. Keene, N. H. XIII. George Bryant, b. Apr. 4, 1813 ; m. 
Eliza Ryan, Sept., 1836 ; r. Salt Lake City. Abel Gardner re. to New 
Ipswich, 1808. 

1. John Heald came from Berwick, Eng., and settled in Concord, 
Mass., as early as 1635 ; d. May 24, 1662. He had eight sons. 2. 
John, (hereafter.) Amos, Timothy, Ebenezer, Samuel, Ephraim, 
Thomas and Benjamin. 

, 2. John, (1st s. of John) m. Sarah Dean in 1661 ; had two sons. 3. 
John (hereafter) and Gershom, and two dau., Elizabeth and Sarah. 

3. John, (1st s. of 2d John) m. 1690, Mary Chandler, and d. Nov. 
25, 1721; had six s. 4. John, (hereafter) Timothy, Josiah, Samuel, 
xlmos, and 4. Ephraim, (hereafter.) 

4. John, (1st s. of John 3d) m. a Hale, settled in Acton, Mass., 
and d. in 1775, as. 82; he had five s., John, Joseph, 5. Oliver, here- 
after) Israel and Asa. 

Records of the Oliver Heald Family. 

5. Oliver, m. Lydia, dau. Dea. Isaac Spaulding of Townsend, Mass., 
and came to Sliptown in 1759. He settled on Lot 4, R. TIL " So great 
was the distance then considered and the means of communication so 
limited, that his friends despaired of ever seeing him again." He d. Jan. 

1790, se. 56. His w. d. Mar. 1802, se. 65. "He had eleven eh.": 
6. Daniel, (hereafter.) Ttiree dau. all at one birth, d. in infancy — 
the first deaths in Temple. V. Amos, b. June 16, 1765; m. 1789, 
Sybil Brown of Temple; settled in Nelson, N. H. ; had five s., Amos, 
Oliver, David, Asa and Jefferson, and two dau., Anna and Lydia. VI. 
David, b. Mar. 21, 1768; grad. Dart, Coll. 1793; m. 1810, Phebe' 
Burbank of Washington, N. H., where he settled, and d. Jan. 2, 1841. 
He was a member of the N. H. Bar more than forty years ; had three 
ch. : Phebe, David and Lucy O. David r. Boston. VII. Lucy, b. 
July 10, 1770; m. Samuel Osgood of Sullivan, N. PL, 1796. VIII. 
Lydia, b. Aug. 7, 1772 ; m. 1792, John Osgood of Nelson. IX. Asa, 
b. Nov. 28, 1774 ; d. young. X. Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1776 ; d. young. 
XL Abigail, b. Apr. 24, 1779 ; m. Dr. Marshall of Templeton, Mass. 

6. Daniel, ll the2ds. b. in Temple, Sept. 5, 1761;" m. Feb. 10, 

1791, Haunah, dau. of William Abbot of Wilton, N. H., and settled on 
the homestead; d. Aug. 26, 1836. His w. was b. June 11, 1767 ; d. 
March 13, 1858. He had ten ch. : I. Hannah, b. Dec. 11, 1791. 
II. Sally, b. Aug. 3, 1793; d. Oct. 14, 1857. HI. Alfred, b. Apr. 



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21, 1795; m. Lucy Stanley, 1818; had Daniel, Emily, Cynthia and 
Lydia; he d. Dec. 14, 1835. His family has since re. to Minnesota. 
They formerly r. in Pa. IV. Edward, b. Feb. 3, 1797 ; m. 1824, Ann 
Sherer, who d. Jan. 10, 1840. He m. (2) 1845, Irene Gould ; had John, 
Oliver, Jane and Ann, and others, who d. young; r. Pa., since N. Y. 

V. Lydia, b. Mar. 26, 1799. VI. Oliver, b. Nov. 26, 1800; r. 
Dimock, Pa. VII. Lucy, b. Dec. 20, 1802. 7. VIII. Clement, (here- 
after.) 7. IX. Martin, (hereafter.) X. Mary, b. Mar. 9, 1810. 

7. Clement, b. May 15, 1805; m. 1827, Milly Heald. Settled on 
the homestead ; had eleven ch. : I. Almena, b. Mar. 23, 1828. II. 
Samuel O., b. Oct. 29, 1829 ; m. 1853, Elizabeth Nichols ; r. Peterboro. 
III. A son, -who was b. Jan. 21, 1833. and d. in infancy. IV. Daniel, 
b. Feb. 28, 1834; m. 1857, Sarah Wood ; r. New Boston, N. H. ; one 
son. V. Lois S., b. Nov. 4, 1835 ; d. Apr. 12, 1842. VI. Emily F., 
b. Sept. 14, 1837 ; d. Apr. 9, 1842. VII. Ellen S., b. Nov. 24, 1839 ; 
d. Mar. 29, 1842. VIII. Alfred, b. June 24, 1841. IX. Lois S., 
b. Mar. 11, 1843 ; d. Sept. 25, 1844. X. James B., b. Apr. 12, 1845. 
XI. Harriett E., b. Nov. 5, 1849. 

7. Martin, known as Judge Martin, wasb. May 10, 1807 ; m. 1842, 
Mary Searle ; r. Temple; d. Aug. 31, 1859. Oh.: I. M. Sophron, 
b. Mar. 11, 1844. II. Hatta A., b. Dec. 29, 1846. III. Amory, b. 
Apr. 17, 1849. IV. Channing, b. Apr. 7, 1853. 

4. Ephraim had five sons. 5. I. Maj. Ephraim, (hereafter.) 5. H. 
Dea. Peter, (hereafter.) Joseph, John and Amos. 

Records of the Maj. Ephraim Heald Family. 

5. Maj. Ephraim was b. 1734 ; m. Sarah Conant of Townsend, 
Mass. ; re. to Sliptown in 1758; d. Sept. 12, 1815. , He was a brave 
and good man; (see Index for notices of bim.) Ch. : I. Josiah, b. 
Aug. 15, 1758, d. II. Sarah, b. Sept. 4, 1759. III. Hannah, b. 
Dec. 2. 1761 ; m. Aug. 10, 1784, Jonas Brown of Temple ; d. Apr. 27, 
1838. IV. Merel, b. Nov. 20, 1764; m. Paul Brown, (2) David 
Grilmore.. V. Betsey Heald, b. Jan. 11, 1767 ; m. M. Spaulding of 
Westminster, Mass., Oct, 23, 1789. VI. Eleanor, b. Dec. 1, 1768 ; 
d. 1772. VII. Ephraim, b. Sept. 11, 1770. VIH. Ruth, b. July 23, 
1772. IX. Eleanor, b. Feb. 6, 1775 ; m. 1794, Stephen Cummings of 
Andover, Mass. ; d. at Portland, Me. ]£. Josiah, b.. Apr. 8, 1777. 
6. XI. Nathan, (hereafter.) 

6. Nathan, b. Apr. 25, 1779 ; m. Anna Stickney of T., June 25, 
1800 ; r. Temple; d. Jan. 25, 1841. Ch. : I. Nathan, b. Apr. 5, 1801. 
II. Stephen C, b. Oct. 7, 1802 ; d. 1804. III. Josiah, b. Mar. 6, 1804. 
d. 1808. 7. IV. Stephen C. (hereafter.) V. Nancy, b. Dec. 14. 1808 

VI. Louisa, b. May 25, 1809 ; m. Nov. 6, 1828, Jesse W. Heald of T. 

VII. Clarissa, b. May 25. 1809; m. C. T. Benson of Boston. VIII. 



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Eleanor, b. Aug. 26, 1811 ; m. Nov. 26, 1833, John Atwood of Nashua. 
IX. Emily, b. Aug. 26, 1811 ; m. Nov. 26, 1833, G. Marshall of 
Nashua. X. Josiah, b. July 27, 1813; ra. Sarah Hinds of Nashua. 

XI. Sarah, b. July 7, 1815; ra. Charles L. Stewart of Concord, N. H. 

XII. Ephraim, b. Mar. 5. 1817. XIII. Phebe, b. Apr. 25, 1821. 
XIV. Matilda D., b. Mar. 4, 1827. XV. Augusta, b. Apr. 20, 1829. 
XYI. Matilda, b. June 9, 1831. XVII. Sumner B., b., Sept. 25, 
1835. XVIII. Wm. E. b. Mar. 28, 1839. 

7. Stephen C, b. Feb. 11, 1806; m. Oct. 13, 1833, Eleanor S. 
Crossett ; b. Boston, Mar. 5, 1814 ; d. Dec. 5, 1846, in T. He m. (2) 
Dec. 31, 1854, Rachel J. Spofford of T. ; b. Dec. 6, 1812. Ch. : I. 
Stephen C, b. in Boston, July 17, 1834 ; d. Jan. 25, 1835. II. Martin 
C, b. in B., April 24, 1836. III. Otis S., b. in Temple, July 21, 
1838. IV. Samuel C., b. in T., June 8, 1842. V. Mary Ellen, b. 
in T., Jan. 9, 1846. 



Records of the Dea. Peter Heald Family. 

5. Dea. Peter, b. in Townsend ; m. Sarah ; re. toSliptown, 

1758. Hem. (2) Rebecca Russell; d. Sept. 25,1811. Ch.: (6th 
Gen.) I. Peter, (hereafter.) II. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1761. The first 
two by his first w., the rest by his second w. III. Rebecca, b. March 
18, 1764 ; m. Theodore Barker, of T. IV. Simon, b. March 17, 1766 ; 
m. Betsy Bumap, Jan. 12, 1792; r. Andover, Vt. V. Sarah, b. Oct. 
5, 1769 ; m. May, 1792, P. Hazeltine ; r. Weston, Vt. VI. Eunice, 
b. April, 1771 ; m. John Burton ; r. Wilton. VII. Susanna, b. Sept. 
21, 1773 ;m., 1798, Richard Rowell ; r. Andover, Vt. 6. VIII. James, 
(hereafter.) 

6. Peter, the first male ch. b. in Temple, had ten ch.; six d. young ; 
the rest still live. 7. Sewall, one of his ch., was b. in 1786 ; m., 1809, 
Hepsibeth Law, b. Sharon, 1786, and r. in Weston, Vt. He has fives, 
and six dau., all m. and still living. 

6. James, b. Nov. 28, 1777 ; m. Sarah Walker, b. April, 30, 1775 ; 
he d. Sept. 27, 1813. Ch.: I. Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1797 ; m. Jeremiah 
Fisk, Oct. 5, 1815 ; r. Temple ; d. March 23, 1858. 7. II. James, 
(hereafter.) III. Lois, b. Dec. 10, 1800 ; m. Jan. 18,1820, David 
Barker. IV. Rebecca, b. June 15, 1802 ; m., March 14, 1822, Free- 
man Davis ; r. Temple; d. April 30, 1830. 7. V. Eli B., (hereaf- 
ter.) 7. VI. Jesse W., (hereafter.) VII. Milly, b. June 12, 1808; 
nr., Nov. 29, 1827, Clement Heald ; r. Temple. 

7. James, b. March 6, 1799; m., May 12, 1825, Maria Davis; d, 
Sept. 9, 1857; Ch.: I. Lavina M., b. Aug 16, 1826. II. Angeline, 
b. June, 1828; m., Nov. 8, 1859, Dr. J. M. Blood; r. Temple. III. 

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James D., b. June 8, 1830. IV. Brooks M., lb. March 23, 1833. 
V. Sarah E., b. Feb. 6, 1836. VI. Elmira S., b. Feb. 16, 1839. 
VII. Ellen F., b. April 3, 1843. All the ch. in this family have been 
school-teachers. 

7. Eli B., b. Feb. 22, 1804; m., Aug. 29, 1840, Susan Collins, b. 
Nov. 26, 1812. Ch.: I. Alvah, b. May 30, 1842. II. Viola, b. Nov. 
22, 1843. III. Walter, b. May 6, 1845. IV. Owen, b. Nov. 10, 
1846. V. Lois, b. May 7, 1848. VI. Sarah, b. April 26, 1850. 
VII. Emily, b. March 30, 1854. 

7. Jesse W., b. Dec. 19, 1805 ; m. Nov. 6, 1828, Louisa Heald, b. 
May 25, 1809. Ch.: I. Simon B., b. May 29, 1830. II. Jesse A., 
b. July 22, 1831. III. Bebecca A., b. April 12, 1836. IV. Emma 
L., b. July, 1840. 

1. Samuel Holt, 1 s. of John and Mary, b. Andover, Mass., May 1, 
1749; m. Lydia Adams, b. Dunstable, N. H., July 27, 1749, about the 
year 1770, and emigrated to Temple about the same time. He d. in T. 
Dec. 5, 1799, ae. 50. She d. in Wilton, N. II., June 24, 1844, se. 94 
yrs., 11 mos. Ch : 

1. Lydia, b. Nov. 12, 1771; m. Andrew Stiles [1790?]; settled 
Nelson, N. H., where shed. Feb. 6, 1813, sd. 31. II. Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 
1773 ; m. Phebe Perry, 1796 ; re. to Nelson, N. H., where he d., Oct. 
4, 1848, se. 75. III. John, b. Nov. 8, 1775; d. Nov. 6, 1776. IV. 
Eph m A.,b. Aug. 14, 1778 ; m. Bhoda Bussel, 1801 ; re. to Sullivan, 
N. H., where he d. July 31, 1857, se. 79. V. Bachel, b. Sept, 9, 1780 ; 
d. Apr. 9, 1782. VI. Daniel, b. Sept. 27, 1782 ; d.jNelson, Sept. 14, 
1803, a>. 21. 2. VII. Nathaniel, (hereafter.) VIII. Esther, b. 
June 15, 1788; m. Bobt. Smith; re. to Weston, Vt., where she d. 
June, 1827, ae. 39. 2. IX. Neiiemiah, (hereafter.) X. Henry, b. 
Mar. 7, 1793 ; d. June 13, 1795. 

2. Nathaniel, b. May 22, 1786 ; m., Dec. 6, 1805, Sarah Upham ; 
r. Wilton, N. H. ; d. [date not given.] Ch : I. and II. Bebecca and 
Abigail, b. Temple, May 18, 1808; Bebecca m. Sylvester Bradford; 
Abigail m. John Putnam, 1834. III. Abner, b. T., Oct. 11, 1810 ; 
m. Bethiah Upham, June 5, 1834 ; settled Wilton, N. H. ; his w. d. 
Chelmsford, Mass., Jan. 25, 1843, ae. 31 ; he m. (2) Almira Upham, 
Mar. 19, 1845, who d. July 26, 1846; he m. (3) Sophronia Hutchin- 
son; he d. in Wilton, July 30, 1851, sq. 40. IV. Eliza Ann, b. T. 
Jan. 3, 1815 ; m. Bobt. Hutchinson, July 4, 1833 ; r. Milford, N. H. 
V. Clarissa J.,b. T. Apr. 7, 1824 ; m. Edward Gilman Heald. June, 
1847 ; r. Mason, N. H. 

2. Nehemiah, ninth s. of Samuel 1st, b. Sept. 25, 1790 ; m. Mary 
Wright, Dec. 31,1812, who d. Apr. 22, 1838, se. 46. Ch : I. Samuel, 

i Mr. Holt was called out as a minute-man during the Eevolution. Being ordered 
to Crown Point, he had got as far as Charlestown (No. 4), when the company re- 
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b. T.,Oct. 12, 1813 ; m. Martha Woodward, 1837 ; re. to Bangor, N. Y. 
II. Ira, b. T., July 26, 1815 ; m. Sarah Holt, Nov. 28, 1838; r. Pe- 
terboro, where Sarah d. July 4, 1851 ; he m. (2) Sophronia Holt, wid. 
of Abner H., Apr. 29, 1852 ; re. to Milford, N. H., June, 1854. III. 
Albert, b. T., July 16, 1817 ; ra. Recta Holt, Feb. 18, 1847 ; re. to 
Alstead, N. H. IY. Horace, b. T., Oct. 27, 1822; m. Fanny E. 
Patterson, Oct. 21, 1852 ; settled Peterboro, N. H. Y. Mary Louisa, 
b. T., Apr. 11, 1825 ; d. Peterboro, Jan. 8, 1855, se. 29. YI. Elmira, 
b. T., June 19, 1827; m. Willard French; r. Wilton. VII. Syrena, 
b. T.. July 5, 1829; m. Wm. Lovejoy, Sept. 9, 1852 ; r. Milford, N. 
H. VIIL Jacob A., b. T., May 6, 1831 ; d. T., Sept. 22, 1833, se. 2 
yrs. 4 mos. IX. Nehemiah, b. T., Apr. 3, 1833 ; d. Apr. 28, 1833. 
X. Julia Ann, b. T., Mar. 7, 1835 ; d. Peterboro, Oct. 31, 1854, se. 19. 

1. Samuel Howard was b. Maiden, Mass., Apr. 25, 1701; m. Eliza- 
beth ; b. Jan. 28, 1699. She d. Apr. 7, 1773, se. 75. He d. 

Apr. 11, 1775, se. 74. Ch.: 

1. Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1728; d. Oct. 9, 1738, se. 10 yrs. 4 mo., 
11 d. 

H. Phebe, b. Dec. 21, 1729; d. Oct. 7, 1794, se. 64 yrs., 9 mo., 
16 d. 

III. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1731; d. Oct. 14, 1738, se. 7 yrs., 4 d. 
IY. James, b. Nov. 1, 1733; d. Oct. 3, 1738, se. 4 yrs., 11 mo., 
2 d. 

Y. Anna, b. Nov. 13, 1735 ; d. Sept. 29, 1738 ; se. 2 yrs. 10 mo., 
13 d. 

VI. Phineas, b. Jan. 23, 1738 ; d. Sept. 28, 1738, se. 8 mo. 5 d. 

2. VII. Dea. Samuel, (hereafter.) 

VIIL James, b. Sept. 5, 1743 ; d. Sept. 20, 1778, se. 35. 

2. Dea. Samuel was b. Maiden, Mass , Oct. 5, 1739 ; m. Elizabeth 
Barrett, b. Maiden, Jan. 24, 1743, on the 3d of Dec, 1762. In 1769, 
they re. to Temple, and settled on lot No. 2, Range VI. , ever since 
known as the " Howard Farm." Ch.: 

I. Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1763; m. Lavinia Colburn ; r. Weston, Vt.; 
d. away from home, Aug., 1813, se. 50. 

II. Phineas, b. March 21, 1765 ; m. Lavinia Powers ; r. at Howard's 
Gore, now Hanover, Me.; where he d. Sept. 28. 1851, se. 86. 

III. Asa, b. Feb. 15, 1767; m. Lydia Spafford ; r. Rumford, Me., 
where he d. Nov. 30, 1843, se. 76. 

3. IY. William, (hereafter.) 

Y. Joseph, b. Apr. 29, 1771; m. Abigail Maynard; r. Nelson; d. 
Apr. 18, 1808, se. 37. 

VI. Phebe, b. Apr. 13, 1773 ; d. Sept. 11, 1775. 

VII. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 5, 1774 ; d. May 16, 1775. 

VIIL Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1776; m. Abiel Holt; r. Temple : d. 
Dec. 30, 1847, se. 71. 

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X. Phebe, b. Oct. 6, 17S0 ; d. March 17. 1796, a?. 15. 

XI. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 21. 1753; m. Olive Brown: (2) Jemima 

Keves ; (3) Cole ; r. Weare, afterward Boston ; d. Aug. 8, 

18o2. a?. 69. 

XII. Barrett, b. June 8, 1790 ; died. 

2. Dea. Samuel Howard d. Feb. 11, 1815, as. 75 yrs.. 6 mo. Eliza- 
beth, his wife, d. Mar. 23, 1S22. a?. 79. Mr. Howard was a man of 
talent and learning. He was thoroughly prepared for Harvard Univer- 
sity, though he never entered. He became a tanner, and worked at that 
occupation several years. He was Town Clerk of Temple twenty-seven 
years in succession. In 1775, he was commissioned Lieut, of the 6th 
Company, 15th Regiment, of Xew Hampshire Militia. His connection 
with the Revolutionary war is detailed in the three chapters of this book 
on that subject. 

3. "William was b. Feb. 8. 1769 ; m. 1793, Mary Hawkins, b. June 
18, 1771. They re. from Temple to Weston, Vt,, 1798. In 1802, 
they returned to Temple, old homestead. 1 He d. Apr. 2, 1833, se. 64. 
She d. Jan. 8, 1852, ae. 80. Ch.: 

I. I. William Hawkins, b. Apr. 30, 1794; m. March 7, 1S22. 
Lydia A. Cowdin, Fitchburg, Mass., b. May 4, 1799 ; r. on " Old 
Homestead," which came into his possession 1S21. Ch.: I. Charles 
William, b. Mav30. 1S23 ; d. Jan. 18. 1836, a?. 12. H. James, b, 
Apr. 2. 1826; m. Mary Kendall ; r. "Old Homestead." HI. Lydia 
Adeline, b. Dec. 19. 1*29; r. So. Hadley, Mass., Mt. Holyoke Sem., 
where she graduated, 1853, and is now Assistant Preceptress. IV. 
Joseph, b. Feb. 18, 1829 ; m. Harriett Clarke ; r. Xashua ; d. Oct. 
26, 1859. V. Sarah Ann. b. Julv 23. 1840. 

n. Mary. b. Mar. 25, 1797; r. Boston. 

ITT. Lucinda, b. Jan. 3, 1799 ; m. Joseph Fields ; r. Temple. 

IV. Achsah, b. Mar 28, 1800 ; m. Allen Se^ar ; r. Erie, 111. 

V. Horace, b. Dec. 20, 1801, at Weston. Vt.; m. at Lowell, Mass., 
Oct. 17. 1834, Susan, dau. of Col. Silas Richardson, of Billerica, Mass., 
b. Dec. 7, 1807; r. Lowell. Mr. Howard is a prominent citizen of 
Lowell. His principal business has been that of a wood-wharfinger. 
Mr. Howard is President of the Wamesit Bank, in Lowell, and Vice- 
President of the City Institution for Savings. He has held, among other 
public offices, that of Chief of the Fire Department, has been one of the 
City Council, and Representative to the State Legislature. He has 
recently built a beautiful mansion upon Walnut Hill, in Lowell, whence 
he can easily survey the long blue range of the Temple Mountains. 

We are all of us indebted to Mr. Howard for the magnificent and 
almost panoramic view of the village and valley of Temple — the 
Frontispiece of this book. His ch., b. in Lowell, are — 

1 On this farm was planted the first orchard in Town. Here, also, was built the 
first tannery. It was called a poor farm once. The Howards " hare never asked 
help from the Town vet," while many of the once-boasted good farms hare been 
disinhabited. 




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I. Horace. Jr., b. July 18, 1835. II. Mary K., b. Feb. 3, 1837. 
TIL Frank, b. Dec. 10, 1840. IV. Susan B., b. Apr. 10, 1842. V. 
John Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1843 ; d. Aug. 1, 1844. VI. John Hawkins, 
b. July 28, 1845. VII. Martha E., b. July 12, 1849 ; d. Mar. 14, 
1853. VIII. Everett, b. May 6, 1853. 

VI. Samuel, b. Mar. 4, 1803, at Temple ; m. at Manchester, N. H., 
Sept. 10, 1835,-Irena Kimball, b. at M., Dec. 12, 1812 ; d. July 26, 
1844, at St. Louis, Mo. He d. at Kichwoocl, Mo., July 18, 1844. 
Samuel Howard r. first at Lowell, and represented that place in the 
Legislature. He was a master-architect by profession, and built many of 
the factories and first-class houses in L. Ch.: I. Harriet E., b. at L., 
Mar., 1836; now a teacher in Brimmer school, Boston. II. Josephine 
B., b. Jan. 31, 1844, at St. Louis ; d. July 18, 1844. 

VII. Lewis, b. at T., Nov. 14, 1804 ; m. at Andover, Mass., Dec. 28, 
1828, Eliza, dau. of Nehemiah Holt, of Albany, Me., b. May 31, 1803. 
He r. first in Brewer, Me., where lie held, many years in succession, the 
offices of Chairman of the Selectmen and Board of Assessors. He holds 
similar ofiices in Wilton, N. H., where he now r. Ch. b. in Brewer: 

I. Lewis, Jr., b. Nov. 12, 1829. II. Joseph, b. Oct. 9, 1831. III. 
Mary Eliza, b. May 15, 1836. 

VIII. Sullivan, b. June 30, 1806; m. June 9, 1831, Elizabeth 
Bailey Little, b. Salem, N. H., Jan. 16, 1807. Mr. Howard re. to 
Andover, Mass., in Feb., 1823 ; in Oct., 1829, he re. to Mason, N. H. 
He was a carpenter, and "built a goodly share of Mason Village," also, 
among other buildings, the Bank and Unitarian Church in New Ipswich. 
In Mason he was a military captain. In 1836, he re. to Henry Co., 111. 
There were then but twenty inhabitants in the County. Where Mr. 
Howard settled, the pleasant town of Kewanee grew up. He now r. 
there, cultivating five hundred acres, and being also extensively engaged 
in the grain and lumber business. Ch., the first four b. in Mason Vil- 
lage, the others in Kewanee, 111.: I. James Sullivan, b. Apr. 21, 1832. 

II. and III. Edward and Edwin, b. Jan. 4, 1834; d. Jan. 7 and 8. 
IV. Horace Mason, b. Dec. 16, 1837. V. Henry Wm., b. Mar. 16, 1840. 
VI. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1842. VII. Harriett Lousia, b. Mar. 
28, 1844. VIII. Martha Caroline, b. Apr. 4, 1847. IX. Nancy 
Abby, b. Sept. 11, 1849. 

IX. Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1808; d. Sept. 23, 1829, se. 21. X. 
James, b. Mar. 12, 1810; d. May 11, 1810. XI. Joanna, b. May 
14, 1812 ; m. Ezra Holt ; r. Wilton. XII. Abigail, b. June 11, 1815; 
m. Benj. T. Foster; r. Wilton, N. H. 

1. Ezekiel Jewett was b. in 1736, in what was formerly called the 
East Parish of Bradford, Mass. He re. to Hollis, N. H., early, wbere 
he r. until 1769, when he re. to Temple. He d. July 25, 1818. He 
m. three wives and had a large family. Five were m. and left large 
families ; four d. in childhood. His farm was Lot 1, Bange VI. 

2. Nathaniel, son of Ezekiel, was b. in Hollis, Apr. 27, 1760. He 
m., 1784, Kuth Powers of Acton, Mass., and settled on Lot 14, Wilton 
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his death. May 28, 1828. He had ten ch., only one d. under the age 
of 21. Hisdau. Ruth was b. Jan. 27, 1790, m., 1813, Isaac Wilson, 
of New Ipswich. Mr. Wilson re. to Temple in 1815, and is now living 
on the farm (Lot 1, Range VI,) originally occupied by Ezekiel Jewett. 

Dea. Silas Keyes, s. of John Keyes of Shrewsbury (now Boylston), 
and grand s. of Dea. John Keyes of Shrewsbury, (who was an early 
settler of S.,) was b. at S. Aug. 7, 1757, m. Sarah Lovejoy of Methuen, 
b. June 3, 1759. He. re. from Northborough to Temple in Feb., 1809, 
d. Aug. 18, 1840. She d. June 19, 1830. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Wil- 
ton, May 1, 1782 ; d. Temple, June, 1819. II. Jemima, b. Princeton, 
Feb. 16, 1784 ; m. July 4, 1820, Dr. Nath'l Howard of Weare. III. 
Silas, b. at P. Dec. 29, 1785 ; m. Rebecca Pratt of T. Sept. 18, 1832 ; 
d. Nov. 25, 1858. IY. Phebe, b. at P. Aug. 17, 1787; m. Moses 
Tyler of Boston ; d. May, 1846, V. Ephraim, b. at P. March 21, 
1789 ; m. Bathsheba Smith of N. Y., d. YI. Jonathan, b. at P. Mar. 
6, 1791 ; m. Miriam Tyler of Wilton, Sept. 30, 1819. VII. Joanna, 
b. Northborough, Feb. 7, 1793 ; m. Hubbard C. Currier of Bow, N. H., 
Jan. 13, 1828 ; d. Apr. 23, 1853. VIII. Persis, b. at N., Feb. 15, 
1795 j m. A. Maynard of Princeton. IX. Abigail, b. May 11, 1797, 
at N. ; m. Wm. R. Stacy of Boston. X. Warren, b. at Northborough, 
June 23, 1799 ; m., Nov. 6, 1823, Lucy W. Cummings. 

Joseph Kidder, s. of Thomas and Joanna Kidder, was b. Oct. 13, 
1725, at Chelmsford, Mass. He moved to Temple at an early date ; 
<c his was the eleventh family in town." He fought in both the French 
and Revolutionary wars. In 1755, being stationed at Fort Dummer 
[Brattleboro], he was sent out, with eighteen others, as a scout ; the 
party were surprised by the Indians, and only six escaped. Mr. Kidder 
saved himself by taking to a large tree ; in that position he shot ^one 
man, but during the skirmish he received a wound in his side. He d. in 
Temple, Apr. 1817, se. 92. 

1. Nathaniel Kingsbury, d. at Dedham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1725, ae. 
51. 

2. Benjamin, [son of Nathaniel] d. at Dedham, Feb. 20, 1787, se. 
72. 

3. Benjamin, [son of Benj.,] b. at Dedham, Oct. 30, 1742, re. thence 
to Walpole, thence to Rindge, N. H., thence to JafTrey, N. H., in 1800. 
He finally returned to Rindge, in 1818, where he d. June 10, 1827. 
During the last fifteen years of his life he served as a lay-preacher in 
various parts of New Hampshire and Vermont. 

4. Dr. Nathaniel b. at Rindge, June 28, 1798. He received his 
preparatory education at Shoreham, Vt., entered Middlebury College 
1816. He left Middlebury in 1817, and entered Harvard College, 
where he remained two years He then went to Cuba, where he stayed 
one year; the next two years he passed in Georgia as a teacher. After 
an interval of eighteen months he taught in Lancaster Academy two 
years. In 1828, attended medical lectures at Hanover, in 1829, at 
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Dr. Kingsbury first practised medicine in Georgia, remaining there 
two years. He then returned to the place of his nativity and mar- 
ried his first wife. In 1834 be re. to Temple, and m. in the autumn of 
1835, Lydia, widow of Jesse Patten. Ch. : 

5. Benjamin B., b. in Temple, May 15, 1837 ; fitted for college at New 
Ipswich ; grad. Bowdoin Coll. 1857 ; adjunct Prof, of Latin and Greek 
at St. Charles Coll., St. Charles, Mo., 1857-58; now Prof, of Latin 
and Greek languages at St. Paul's Coll., Palmyra, Mo. 

Nathaniel F. Laws, b. May 1, 1801 ; m. May 17, 1825, Polly 
Child, b. in Temple, Mar. 23, 1801 ; r. Peterboro, N. H. Ch. : I. 
Martha C.,b. July 28, 1827; m. Nov. 5, 1846, William C. Tuttle; r. 
Amherst, N. H. II. Almena F., b. May 16, 1832; m. William E. 
Dadmun ; r. Concord, N. H. III. Albert D., b. Feb. 4, 1836. 

1. William Mansur came from Dracut, Mass., to Wilton, (now 
Temple,) previous to 1762, and it may be, was one of the very first set- 
tlers. He purchased Lot 1, Wilton Range of Temple Lots, in the ex- 
treme S. E. corner of the town, then wilderness, and possible to be 
travelled only by marked trees. He m. Isabella Harvey, of Dracut. Mrs. 
Mansur wishing to visit her friends in Dracut, performed the whole jour- 
ney of forty miles in one day, her baby in her arms. She was obliged 
to ford the Merrimac besides, the water rising to the pommel of the 
saddle. William Mansur d. ae. 71. Isabella, his w., d. Dec. 27, 1826, 
as. 87. At the time of her decease her descendants numbered more than 
eighty persons. The ch. of Mr. Mansur were born in Temple ; two d. 
young, two lived to be over sixty, one d. se. 70, four survived more than 
eighty years, and one more than ninety. I. William, b. Aug. 23, 1763 ; 
r. and d. at Wilton, N. H. II. John, b. Mar. 16, 1765 ; m. Polly Kim- 
ball of Wilton, N. H. ; r. Andover. Vt. ; d. Dec. 24, 1851, at Ando- 
ver. III. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 4, 1767 ; m. Joseph Carlton ; r. Andover, 
Vt. ; d. 1858, at A. IV. Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1769; r. Stanstead, C. 
E , and d. at S. 2. V. Ezra, (hereafter.) VI. Stephen, b. Dec. 18, 

1773; m. Felt of Temple, N. H. ; r. Ludlow, Vt., Wilton, 

N. H. where he now r. VII. Aaron, b. March 7, 1776 ; m. Rebecca 
Warren of Chelmsford, Mass. ; r. Lowell, Mass. ; d. June, 1859. VIII. 
Jeremy, b. Apr. 16, 1778 ; d. young. IX. Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1779 ; 
m. Charles Hawkins of T. ; r. Springfield, Vt.; d. Feb., 1850, at S. 
X. Harvey, b. July 11, 1784 ; d. young. 

2. Ezra, b. Apr. 19, 1771 ; m., 1803, Susan Treadwell of Peterboro, 
N. H. ; r. Temple ; d. June 15, 1834, at New Ipswich, N. H. His w. 
d. Nov. 27, 1835, at N. I., ae. 52. Ezra Mansur retained the home- 
stead during his life, and his ch. were born in Temple. 

I. Mary Hay, b. Feb., 1804; m., Mar. 4, 1829, Peter Durant of 
Mount Vernon, N. H. ; r. Townsend, Mass. , d. Nov. 3, 1850, at Bris- 
tol, N. H. II. Samuel Crombie, b. Sept. 12, 1805 ; d. 1845, at Cos- 
ta Rica, Central America. IH. Eliza Cunningham, b. Oct. 28, 1807 ; 
m., Sept. 18, 1826, Orlando Marshall of Dublin, N. H. ; r. New 



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Ipswich. Their ch. are [4th Gen.] I. Maria Augusta, b. Mar. 20, 1829; 
m. Mar. 20, 1850 ; Stephen Rossiter of Claremont, N. H v where they 
reside. Ch. : [5th Gen.l I. Kate Maria, b. Dec. 28, 1850. IT. 
Marshall Sherman, b. Oct. 28, 1852 ; III. Ida Belle, b. June, 1854. 

II. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 29, 1831 j m. Oct. 28, 1852, Charles W. 
Tufts of Newton, Mass. ; r. Dunkirk, N. Y. Ch. : [5th Gen.] I. Is- 
abelle Ann, b. June, 1855 ; d. July, 1855. II. Nellie Maria, b. Sept. 
3, 1857. 

III. Granville W., b. Oct. 7, 1833 ; d. March 14, 1855, at Dunkirk, 
N. Y. IV. Isabelle M., b. Sept, 18, 1836 ; d. Aug. 13, 1855, at Win- 
chendon, Mass. V. Hattie Ellen, b. Dec. 20, 1838 ; m., Oct. 9, 1856, 
G. F. Tindall of Cleveland, 0. ; r. Dunkirk, N. Y. Ch. : [5th Gen.] 
I. Harry Brown, b. Mar. 26, 1859. VI. Mary Jeannie, b. July 20, 
1842. VII. Lucy Einogene, b. Oct. 6, 1844. VIII. Edward Orlando, 
b. July 15, 1847. 

IV. Helen Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1809 ; m. May 1, 1834, Jonathan L. 
Prescott of Epsom, N. H. ; r. Bristol, N. H. V. Win. Earle, b. Aug. 
1, 1811 ; m. Lucinda Maynard of Jaffrey, N. H., Sept., 1835 ; r. New 
Ipswich. VI. Susan, b. Oct. 17, 1813 ; m. Sept. 21, 1843, Ovid D. 
Barnes of Claremont, where she now r. VII. Nancy, b. Feb. 17, 
1816. VIII. James Munroe, b. Aug. 12, 1818 ; d. Apr. 27, 1838, at 
New Ipswich. IX. Horace, b. Dec. 15, 1821 ; m., May, 1846, Abby 
Leighton of Dover, N. H. ; r. Sacramento, Cal. X. George Bradley, b. 
Aug. 2, 1823 ; m., June, 1850, Mary Wheeler, of Concord, N. H. ; r. 
Chicago, 111. XI. Sarah, b. Dec. 31, 1826; m., June 28, 1848, Al- 
bert Brown of Springfield, Vt. ; d. Dec. 22, 1852, at S. XII. Abby, 
b. May 2, 1830 ; m., July 28, 1856, George M. Cavis of Bristol, 
N. H., where she d. Aug. 16, 1858. 

Larkin Mason, the s. of Nathan Mason, was b. in Reading, Mass., 
June 22, 1789 ; m., 1810, Hannah, dau. of Daniel Heald of Temple, 
where he r. until 1822, and then re. to Wilton, N. H. Ch. : I. Nathan, 
b. Dec. 6, 1810 ; d. young. II. Daniel, b. Mar. 1, 1812; m., Oct. 
1, 1835, Aurora Jones of Dublin, N. H. ; had, I. Ellen, b. Sept. 8, 
1836 ; d. Feb. 24, 1838. II. Geo. Larkin, b. Dec. 25, 1838. III. 
Albert, b. Sept. 11, 1842. Daniel r. Sullivan, N. H. III. Hannah, b. 
Jan. 29,1814; m. Edmund Stanley of Wilton; had five ch. IV. 
Horace, b. Mar. 10, 1816 ; m. Elmira Worthing, N. Y. ; re. to Mich. ; 
d. 1845, s. p. V. Hervey, b. June 20, 1818; m. Mary Ann Dodge ; 
r.' Nashua; had one s. VI. Maria, b. Apr. 3, 1822; m. John Burton 
of Wilton; had seven children, five of whom d. young. VII. Lucy, 
b. Nov. 24, 1826 ; m. David Goodwin of Milford ; had two ch. VIII. 
George, V. Dec. 31, 1828 ; d. Feb. 5, 1833. IX. Caroline, b. Sept. 
27, 1834. 

1. John Miles was one of the earliest settlers of Concord, Mass. He 
was there as early as 1637. He married Susannah Reidat, widow of 
John Reidat, Jr., of Marlborough. He had by her three children : 2. 
I. John, (hereafter.) II. Samuel. III. Sarah. 



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2. John, b. May 20, 1680. He married Mary Prescott of Concord, 
Apr. 16, 1702. His first ch. was — 

3. John, b. Dec. 24, 1704 ; m, Elizabeth Brooks in 1726. His 
second son was — 

4. Noah, b. Apr. 29, 1730 ; m. Huldah Hosmer of Concord in 1750. 
His first child was — 

5. Kev. Noah, b. Dec. 22, 1751. He graduated at Dartmouth Col- 
lege in 1780, and settled in Temple, N. H., where he died in 1831. His 
children were, I. Solomon P., graduated at Harvard Univ., 1819; was 
Principal of the Academy in Lancaster, Mass., 1820 and 1821 ; was 
afterwards Tutor at Harvard University. He died Aug. 22, 1842. II. 
Jane N. III. Samuel S., died March, 1833. IV. Noah B., r. Albany, 
N. Y. V. Huldah, r. Albany, N. Y. VI. Dr. John M., r. Acton, 
Mass. VII. Benjamin J. C, r. New York City. 

Gen. James Miller was born in Peterboro, N. H., April 25, 
1776. Peterboro and Temple were then politically one, having 
united their votes upon Francis Blood, Esq., for their Repre- 
sentative at Exeter. That the latter town should lay part 
claim to him, therefore, even had he never lived in it, seems 
not so much of a paradox after all. 

Gen. James Miller was a many-sided man, as the Germans 
say, and it was doubtless owing to the circumstance of his 
having learned the manual exercise while yet a school boy, 
that he became a general, rather than a politician, or a man 
of letters. 

He was, indeed, a lawyer, and established in Greenfield, 
N. H., when, in 1808, he received a Major's commission in the 
U. S. Army, it being the highest commission at that time issued 
to any one in the State of New Hampshire. In 1811, he was 
ordered with his regiment to the Western frontier. During 
this and the next three years he was constantly exercised in 
military affairs, and achieved in a number of battles no 
greater than his years of service, a renown which must be 
imperishable. 

"New England's most distinguished soldier," in the words 
of Hawthorne, he was not less preeminent in those virtues, 
private in their nature, which make the friend, the lover and 
the husband, and which are the more to be admired, as they 
shun all distinction. His letters home, while on that arduous 
service, are like carrier-doves, for gentleness ; yet perhaps 
like no other carrier-doves but those brave ones who brought 
to Rothschild the news of Waterloo. Mr. Stephen Masset, 
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the popular lecturer, finds an everlasting intimacy between 
love and war. These letters show us a man who loves the 
camp not more than the court and the grove, a devotee at the 
shrine of home, a fondler of pets, a child with children, and a 
worshipper with nature; one almost a virtuoso in curious 
things, and a husband worthy of Artemis. 

Pittsburg, July, 17, 1811. 
" I read the invaluable lines over and over, weeping every time, with 
mingled joy, gratitude and grief ; how thankful I was to receive it ; what 
comfort to see one word written by the fairest hand, and read sentiments 
dictated by the most affectionate and virtuous heart." 1 "This evening, 
the other gentlemen [officers,] are engaged in a splendid ball, to which I 
had an invitation ; but my enjoyment is much greater when I anticipate 
the pleasure you will take in receiving this." 

June 22d, 1811. 

" After I left Boston, I found in my pocket an old letter from you, which 
I preserved as a sweet morsel ; and notwithstanding it contained but a 
few words, it has been a comfort to me on this long and tedious journey, 
only to see the name of Ruth, written by her own hand." 

July 28,1811. 

" I have sent little Ephraim's fawns ; their names are Fanny and Dick; 
their food is bread and milk, sweet apples, clover. &c. You may let them 
out to play, they will not run away, they will follow you anywhere." 

" My only anxiety and trouble is that I am so far from the dear com- 
panion of ray heart. Oh, my Dear! nothing but Time can separate us. 
I should not think of fatigue if I was ten thousand miles from you, to 
start a-foot and alone. I could walk without thinking of fatigue, until I 
reached your welcome arms." 

July 15, 1811. 

"Kiss little Kate and Ephriam, with all the love of a father and 
mother, for you and me." 

Beautifully joined with his affection, was the humor of this 
man : 

Fort Erie, Sept. 13, 1814. 
" I am much pleased to hear little Kate is so good a scholar, but per- 
haps her class is such as little E.'s was when he got the cent from me for 
keeping at the head of his class, spelling ; he ivas the only one in it! " 

His humor was not altogether playful; it is always piquant, 
and once or twice trenchant in the following : 

Vincennes, Jan. 1, 1812. 
" The Indians have burnt their powder, and lost their ball, shooting at 
the Americans, and now starve for want of the same to kill deer with. 
Our little army were the dearest deer they ever fired at." 

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July 20, 1812. 

* * "Thinking that the best opportunity, we poured a volley of 
ball and buck-shot into them, which induced them to give us the ground 
very quickly. They are nimble fellows on the foot." 

Fort George, Upper Canada, July 6, 1813. 

"I have only to acid to our disasters, the capture of a subaltern, and 
ten or fifteen men, at a place called Slaucher, on our side of the river, 
near the Falls of Niagara. A party crossed the river, found them all 
asleep, and made them prisoners. I only wish they had scalped them.''' 

French Mills, New York, Nov. 9, 1813. 
" Maj. Gen. was present in his boat, [as well there as any- 
where.] " 

Sackett's Harbor, May 9, 1813. 
" The country all round is a mass of clay, the waters all impregnated 
with limestone, the inhabitants as envious as the devil, and as perfect 
tories as ever escaped the halter." 

On the reverse of this metallic wit, appear the New Eng- 
enders : 

VlNCENNES, NOV. 26, 1811. 

" The Governor told me that he did not see, nor had he heard one 
solitary instance of an officer or soldier of the 4th Reg.," [Col. M.'s,] 
" who did not behave bravely ; and it is agreed by all, that such soldiers 
have never before been seen in this western country. We all feel proud 
of the name of 'The brave Yankees.' " 

Who knows but what follows is an implied comparison 
between the Yankee women of the period, and the women of 
Pittsburg : 

Pittsburg, July 17, 1811. 
" The young ladies here, the gentlemen say, have some charms. I 
confess, some of them look tolerably well, but I am by no means charmed 
by their manners ; # * nor can I ever be pleased with wild young 
girls, without sentiment." 

Suppose the General about to be introduced to the poet 
Wordsworth; what could have been a more Wordsworthian 
introduction than an observation similar to this : 

Vincennes, Dec. 15, 1811. 
" Human art cannot make grounds more delightful than all this extent 
of prairie is ; every scattering tree and little grove is an ornament, and 
looks as if placed there by the perfection of taste and art." 

If, indeed, as Mr. N. Hawthorne pertinently remarks, the 
celebrated words, " 111 try, sir," were the most appropriate 
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wish, did they live under a government which bestowed those 
honors. I think, nevertheless, that in a practical view, and 
speaking only of what is possible in this country, the words, 
"I'll try, sir,"' would be hardly as effective on the Title-jiage 
of his Biogrcqjhy, as a passage in his letter from Fort Erie, 
about forty days subsequent to the utterance of the memora- 
ble words above quoted : 

" I am very happy, my dear Ruth, that you have no cause of mortifi- 
cation in the conduct of your husband, so far. I hope it may continue. 
I do not intend it shall ever be said of you, 'There goes the wife, or the 
widow of a coward 1 ' " 

Although everybody has heard of this famous reply of the 
General's, "I'll try, sir!" comparatively few know, in detail, 
the exploit which followed close upon it; we therefore give 
his letter under date of : 

Fort Erie, July 28, 1814. 

" My Beloved Ruth : I have great reason to thank God for his con- 
tinued mercies and protection. On the evening of the 25th inst., at the 
Falls of Niagara, we met the enemy, and had, I believe, one of the most 
desperately fought actions ever experienced in America. It continued 
for three hours, stubbornly contested on both sides, when about ten 
o'clock at night, we succeeded in driving them from their strong position. 
Our loss was very severe in killed and wounded. I have lost from my 
Reg't, in killed, wounded and missing, one hundred and twenty-six. 

The enemy had got their artillery posted on a height, in a very com- 
manding position, where they could rake our columns in any part of the 
field, and prevented their advancing. Maj. McRee, the Chief Engineer, 
told Gen. Brown he could do no good until that height was carried, and 
those cannon taken or driven from their position. It was then night, but 
moonlight. Gen. Brown turned to me and said, ' Col. Miller, take jour 
Regiment and storm that work and take it,' 1 I had short of three 
hundred men with me, as my regiment had been much weakened by the 
numerous details made from it during the day. I, however, immediately 
obeyed the order. We could see all their slow-matches and port-fires 
burning, and ready. I did not know* what side of the work was most 
favorable for approach, but happened to hit upon a very favorable place, 
notwithstanding we advanced upon the mouths of their cannon. It hap- 
pened that there was an old rail fence on the side where we approached, 
with a small growth of shrubbery by the fence, and within less than two 
rods of the cannons' mouth, undiscovered by the enemy. I then ordered 
my men to rest across the fence, take good aim, fire, and rush ; which was 
done in style; not one man at the cannon was left to put fire to them. 
We got into the centre of their park before they had time to oppose us. A 
British line was formed and lying in a strong position to protect their 



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artillery. The moment we got to the centre they opened a most destruc- 
tive flank fire on us, killed a great many, and attempted to charge with 
their bayonets. We returned the fire so warmly they were compelled 
to stand ; we fought hand to hand for some time, so close that the blaze 
of our guns crossed each other ; but we compelled them to abandon their 
whole artillery, ammunition wagons and all, amounting to seven pieces of 
elegant brass cannon, one of which was a twenty-four pounder, with 
eight horses and harness, though some of the horses were killed." * * 
"After Generals Brown, Scott and others were wounded, we were ordered 
to return back to our camp, about three miles, and preparations had not been 
made for taking ofT the cannon, as it was impossible for me to defend it 
and make preparation for that too, and it was all left on the ground ex- 
cept one beautiful brass six-pounder, which is presented to my regiment 
in testimony of their distinguished gallantry. The officers of the army 
all say, who saw it, that it was one of the most desperate and gallant 
acts ever known ; the British officers whom we have prisoners, say it was 
the most desperate thing they ever saw or heard of. Gen. Brown told 
me, the moment he saw me, that I had immortalized myself; 'but,' said 
he, ' my dear fellow, my heart ached for you when I gave you the order, 
but I knew it was the only thing that would save us.' " # # " Give my 
love to all, particularly Catherine and the children. Tell them I want 
to kiss them ; but you must do it till I come. 

James Miller." 

In acknowledgment of such services as these, the State of 
New York presented to Gen. Miller a beautiful sword, and 
Congress awarded him a gold medal, both bearing the most 
appropriate and flattering inscriptions. In December, 1815, 
he purchased the farm of Ebenezer Edwards, Esq., in Temple. 
In 1819, having received the appointment of Governor of the 
Territory of Arkansas, he resigned his commission in the 
army. The climate disagreeing with his health, he returned 
to Temple, an invalid, in 1823, and in 1824 he was elected to 
the U. S. House of Representatives ; but as he was at the 
same time tendered the office of Collector of the Customs for 
the district of Salem and Beverly, Mass., he decided in the 
shattered state of his health, to accept it; and consequently 
never took his seat in Congress. He retained his office as 
collector of Salem, 24 years, when his health being enfeebled 
by paralysis, he resigned, and was succeeded in his office by 
his youngest son. He retired to his farm in Temple, in 1849, 
and here peacefully ended his days, July 7, 1851. His 
remains now repose beside those of his wife and two daugh- 
ters, in the beautiful cemetery of Harmony Grove, in Salem, 
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" The family of Patten " (Burke's Landed Gentry, vol. IT., pp. 1010, 
1011,) " claims an ancestry coeval with the conquest, but was nut settled 
in Lancashire until the reign of Henry VIII. "William Patten was 
the founder of Magdalen College, Archbishop of "Winchester and Lord. 
High Chancellor of England." 

1. John Patten was b. in Andover, Mass.; m. Mary Richardson, b. at 
Draeut, June 19, 1753. Ch.: 

1. Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1773. at Andover, Mass., m. James Tader ; r. 
in Andover, Vt.; d. in Newark, X. Y. 

II. Rhoda, b. July 7, 1775. at Andover. Mass.: m., Aug. 27, 1795, 
Joshua Warner, of Andover, Vt. 

III. Elizabeth, b. in Temple, Aug. 2, 1777 ; m. Jacob Jewett. of 
Temple ; r. in Weston. Vt.; d. in Temple. 

IV. John, b. June 18. 1779, in Temple ; m. Lucy Amsden. of Ma- 
son ; d. 1811. 

Y. Joel. b. Mav 27, 1781 ; m. Milly Spofford ; r. in T., d. 1854. 

VI. Prudence, b. July 3, 1783 ; d. 1801. 

VII. Hannah, b. June 16, 1785 ; m. Joseph Cragin, of New Ips- 
wich, N. H.; r. and d. in New Ipswich. 

2. VIII. James, (hereafter.) 

IX. Jesse, b. April 1, 1789 ; m. Lydia Barnes, of Temple ; d. 1825. 
(See concerning him, Hist. New Ipswich, p. 128.) 

X. Josiah, b. May 10. 1791 ; d. Nov. 14. 1795. 

XI. Lucy Clark, b. Sept. 9, 1792 ; d. Dec. 5, 1795. 
2. XII. Jonathan, (hereafter.) 

XIII. Josiah. b. April 10, 1797; m. Patience Price, of New Red- 
ford, Mass.; d. 1831. 

2. James, b. Sept. 4. 1787 ; m., March 4, 1817. Hepsibeth, dan. of 
Daniel Searle, Esq , of Temple. Ch. b. in Boston : I. H. Augusta, b. June, 
18, 1818 ; m. William Eaton, of Boston. II. Harriette Searle. b. Aug. 
28, lb20; d. Nov. 11. 1822. III. George Whiting. IY. Harriette, 
b. Aug. 15, 1825; m. James F. Levin of London. Y. Annie Maria. 
YI. James Henry. VII. Charles Searle. 

2. Jonathan, b. Aug. 26, 1794; m.. An*. 17. 1822, Rachael S. 
Champnev. of Boston. She d. Mty 20, 1833, as. 29. He m. (2) 
Huldah T. Knowlton, b. Feb. 22, 1813. He d. in Boston. Jan. !>6, 
1859. Ch.: I. Mary R.. b. Dec. 22, 1823 ; d. Jan. 30, 1840. II. 
Caroline Sargent, b. Oct, 24, 1825 ; m. Capt. G. Freeman Bassett of 
Boston. Julv 14. 1848. Ch.: I. Marv Louisa, b. May 23, 1853. II. 
Gorham F./b. Nov. 10, 1854. III. Joseph Patten, b. Oct. 1, 1859. 

Dea. David Patterson, was b 1755 ; re. to T. from Londonderry, 
1797. with a family. He settled in the north part of the town on the 
farm known as the ''Putnam Faim." He was a man of strong mind, 
good judgment and great energy. He represented the town and was one 
of the Selectmen several years. He m. Sarah Betton, of Windham, 
N. H. Their ch. were : I. William, b. July, 1784 ; d. 1832. II. John. 




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b. 1787; d. 1807. IIT. James, b. March, 1790 ; d. 1836. IV. Betsy, 
b. Feb., 1793. V. Nancy, b. July, 1795. VI. Sarah, b. Aug., 1799. 
VII. Mary, b. June, 1801. Dea. .Patterson re. to Greenfield, N. H., 
181G ; thence to Francestown, N. H. He d. Jan , 1843. His w. d. 
Oct., 1842, ae. 84. 

1. Levi Pierce, b. March 3, 1748 : m. Remembrance Fletcher, of 
Chelmsford, Mass. Ch.: I. Levi, b. July 22, 1778 ; m., Sept, 18, 
1804, Rhoda Cutter ; r. Temple. II. Remembrance, b. April 23, 1781 ; 
m. Isarace Long ; r. in Vt. III. Rachel, b. Jan. 2, 1786 ; m. Peter Wake- 
field ; r. Watertown, N. Y. IV. Mary, b. July 29, 1789 ; m. Win. 
Reynolds; r. Deny, Vt. V. Joseph, b. May 2, 1790; m. Elizabeth 
Dunster; r. Merrimac, N. H ; d. June 24, 1825. VI. Sally; b. May 
2, 1790; r. Deny, Vt.; d. Dec. 1, 1818. 

1. Nathaniel Piper came from England, settled in Ipswich, Mass., 
and d. 1676, having had nine ch. 

2. Jonathan, youngest ch. of Nathaniel, re. to Concord, Mass., 1731, 
where he d., May 11, 1752, having had ch., the youngest of whom was, — 

3. Joseph, who m. Esther, dau. of Henry Wright, of Westford, 
Mass., and had nine ch., of whom, — 

4. Solomon was the sixth. He was b. Concord, Mass., Oct. 20, 
1754 ; m. Sept, 28, 1788, Susanna, (dau. of Rufus Pratt, and grand 
dau. of Nathaniel Ball, of Temple,) b. Greenwich, Mass., Nov. 3, 1768. 
He d. Dec. 20, 1827. His parents re. to Acton, when he was quite 
young. He marched, as one of the Acton Company, under Capt, Da- 
vis, that met the British at l 'The Bridge" where that officer fell, April 
19, 1775. He afterwards fought under Gates, Sullivan, and others, and 
on the close of the war, at the instance of Francis Cragin, Esq., who m. 
his eldest sister, he purchased land in the north part of Temple. He 
moved thither in 1785, or thereabout ; thence he re. to Dublin, N. H., 
1793. Ch.: 

5. I. Solomon, b. Temple, July 19, 1789 ; was engaged in agricul- 
tural pursuits with his father, until the age of 21. He had, however, 
meantime, attended the academy at New Ipswich six weeks, and taught a 
winter school. At the age of 21, he set off for, and travelled on foot all 
the way to Boston, with his little effects in a bundle under his arm. This 
was in June, 1810. He commenced business as a clerk, for Mr. Benj. 
Fessenden, wood wharfinger on Sea st. In 1815, he became Mr. F.'s 
copartner, and finally succeeding to the whole business, has conducted it, 
with additions, upon the same spot, up to the present time, (1859.) 
Whatever success in business has attended Mr. Piper, has been the 
result, under Providence, of constant industry and careful attention, 
guided by practical good sense, with no attempt to acquire sudden wealth 
by speculation. He has sustained various offices in the City Govern- 
ment, and for several years was a Representative in the State Legisla- 
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youthful days, has received, in many instances, proofs of his regard. His 
readiness to afford substantial aid in forwarding the religious and secular 
progress of the people residing there will long be gratefully remembered. 

He m., (1) Nov. 11, 1817, Jerusha Hollis, who d. Aug. 20, 1851. 
Ch.: (6th Gen.) I. Susan Esther, b. Feb. 21, 1819; d. Aug. 18, 
1820. II. Sarah Hollis, b. Feb. 16, 1821 ; in., Dec. 23, 1841, Chas. 
E. Stratton, Boston. Ch.: (7th Gen.) I. Frances Mark, b. Oct. 
12, 1842. II. Susan Elizabeth, b. Dec. 19, 1844. III. Charles 
Edwin, b. Nov. 17, 1846. IV. Solomon Piper, b. Oct. 5, 1848. 
III. Susan Esther, third ch. of Mr. Piper, b. July 22, 1823 ; m. 
Oct. 22, 1856, B. W. Taggard. Ch ; (7th Gen.) I. Sarah Hollis, 
b. Feb 12, 1858. Mr. Piper m., (2) Nov. 4, 1852, Mary Elizabeth, 
dau. of Wm. Taggard, N. Y. city. Ch.: IV. Wm. Taggard, b. Aug. 
9, 1853. 

5. II. Col. Kufus, b. in Temple, Jan. 14, 1791 ; m., March 20, 
1817. Anna, dau. of James Gowing. Ch.: (6th Gen.) I. Abagail 
Greenwood, b. Jan. 21, 1818 ; m. Corydon Jones. II. James Gowing, 
b. July 4, 1819; m., Jan. 31, 1849, Abby D. Clifford, of Edgecombe, 
Me. She d. Jan 30, 1851. III. Henry Curtis, b. 'Feb. A, 1823 ; m. 
April 12, 1849, Maria E Piper, who d. Dec. 31, 1849 ; m. (2) Harri- 
ette E., dau. of Calvin Stone, of Marlboro, Nov. 6, 1851. Ch.: (7th 
Gen.) Henry, b. Oct. 28, 1852. 

Col. B. Piper has done much of the public business for the town of 
Dublin ; represented it several years in the Legislature, and at the late 
Centennial Celebration, officiated as Chief Marshal. 

5. III. Cyrus, b. Temple, Jan. 14, 1791 ; m., Feb. 2, 1815, Cathe- 
rine, dau. of Joshua Greenwood; re. to Charlestown, N. H., 1853. 
Ch.: (6th Gen.) I. Catherine, b. Nov. 30, 1815 ; m., Mar. 24, 1842, 
Henry Morse. II. Martha, b. Oct. 1, 1817 ; m., May 28, 1844, Leon- 
ard Snow. III. Cyrus, b. Nov. 23, 1819; m. (1) Sept. 12, 1844, 
Eliza, dau. of Phinebas Gleason, who d. Feb. 4,1845; m., (2) Feb. 
26, 1846, Abby C, dau. of John Wright. IV. Calvin, b. Aug. 11, 
1823, V. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 12, 1828 ; m., Nov. 6, 1851, Everett 
M. Eveleth; r. Marlboro. She d. March, 1854. VI. Ellen, b. Oct. 
15, 1830; m. Thomas S. Corey ; r. N. Y. City. 

Besides these, Solomon Piper, and Susanna his w., had nine other ch., 
b. in Dublin, viz.: Jonas Brooks, John, Susan, Susanna, Artemas, 
James, Emily, Hannah, and Elvira. John, r. Dublin, N. H. The oth- 
ers, except Hannah and Elvira, are deceased. 

1. Capt. Peter Powers, b. Littleton, Mass., 1707 ; m. AnnaKeyes, 
of Chelmsford, Mass., and immediately re. to Dunstable "Hampshire," 
and in 1730, fixed his r. at Nissitisset, [Hollis, N. II.] Of this place 
he was the. first and only settler, for some time. [See Centennial Ora- 
tion, by Bev. Grant Powers, delivered Hollis. N. H., 1830.] He was 
noted as an indefatigable back -woodsman, and Colonial Surveyor, and 
was employed to lay out townships in Cuds. He was also distinguished 
as an officer in the old French wars. Having raised by his personal 
efforts, a company in Dunstable, Chelmsford, and vicinity, he was com- 



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missioned captain of the same, by Gov. Wentworth, A. D. 1755, and 
went with the N. H. Reg. to Crown Point; had several ch., of whom 
the fourth was — 

2. Samson, b. Apr. 2, 1748 ; m. Aug. 4, 1773, Elizabeth Abbot, 
who was b. at Andover, Mass., ^Feb. 22, 1751, and d. Feb. 19, 1836. 
He d. Jan. 9, 1822; ch : I. Mary Abbot, b. Oct. 16, 1774; m. Win. 
Willoughby, of Hollis. II. Samson, b. Jan. 11, 1777 ; unm. 

3. III. Capt. Peter, (hereafter.) IV. Joel A., b. Aug. 8, 1781 ; 
m. Rhoda and Rachel Blood, of H. V. Rev. Grant, b. Mar. 31, 1784 ; 
m. Elizabeth H. Hopkins, of Thetford, Yt. VI. Levi, b. Mar. 20, 
1786 ; m. Cynthia Eaton, of Bellows Falls. VII. Nancy, b. Sept. 11, 
1788 ; d. young. VIII. Ursula, b. Oct. 3, 1790 ; m. Simon Sander- 
son, of Hollis. 

.3. Capt. Peter, b. Hollis, N. H., Feb. 24, 1778; m. Nov. 9, 1802, 
Sally, clau. of Geo. Start, of New Ipswich, and re. to Temple the same 
day. He commenced blacksmithing on the site afterward occupied by 
Joshua Searle. He afterward bought what was known as Col. Wheeler's 
Tavern, re. to Bakersfield, Vt., 1818 ; d. Aug., 1821. Eight of their 
nine children still live, viz: 4. Joel, Almira, Peter, Isaiah S., Wm. B., 
Mary E., Relief C, and Ira, all occupying respectable positions in 
society. 

4. Joel, b. Temple, Aug. 7, 1803 ; m. Elizabeth Sanger, b. Apr. 6, 
1804, at Boston, Mass. ; ch : I. Mary E., b. Boston, Dec. 24, 1835 ; d. 
Sept. 27, 1836. II. Ellen M., b. Sandwich, Mass., March 13, 1837. 
III. Mary A., b. at S., July 21, 1838. IY. Wm. P. G., b. at S., 
Mar. 11, 1840 ; d. Oct. 7, 1841. V. Wm. G., b. at S., Feb. 8, 1842. 

VI. Charles H., b. at Lowell, Mass., Sept, 23, 1843 ; d. Feb. 25, 1844. 

VII. Joel, b. July 14, 1846, at L. ; d. July 17, 1846. 

.1. Asa Powers, b. Temple, Sept. 19, 1774; m. Sept. 23, 1798, 
Rachel, dau. Benjamin Cutter, b. Oct. 16, 1777. Their ch. were b. in 
Temple. They re. to Dublin, N. II., Apr., 1812 ; ch : 

2. I. Elliott, b. Jan. 12, 1801 ; m. Feb. 11, 1823, Mary, dau. of 
Joseph Rollins, b. Oct. 16, 1802 ; ch : (3d Gen.) I. Joseph Willard, b. 
Apr. 23, 1824; m. (1) Apr. 27, 1848, Rachel, dau. of James Caven- 
der, b. Hancock, May 26, 1826. She d. Oct. 11, 1849. He m. (2) 
June 30, 1850, Lydia R., dau. of Joseph Cowing ; ch : (4th Gen.) I. 
Viola, b. Jan. 9, 1852. II. Lavater W., b. Dec. 26, 1853. 

II. Jeremiah, b. May 1, 1802 ; d. May 10, 1821. 

III. Cyrus, b. Jan. 16, 1804 ; m. (1) May 10, 1827, Lusretia, dau. 
of Stephen Pierce. She d. Sept., 1833 ; ch : (3d Gen.) I. Charles, 
m. the only dau. of Rev. E. K. Bailey, of Jaffrey, N. H., where he now 
resides. II. George E. Cyrus, m. (2) 1834, Mary J. Hilton, New 

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Market, N. H. He d. Pittsfield, N. H., Nov. 9, 1834 ; ch. : III. Helen 
E. His wid. m. Samuel F. Townsencl. 

IV. Mary, b. April 25, 1805 ; m. Nov. 11, 1825, James Robbe, jr. 
He d. Nov. 19, 1839; ch. : (3d Gen.) I. Julia Ann, b. April 23, 
1827; m. Oct. 1, 1848, Willard Carey ; r. Boston. She d. June 19, 
1850. II. Sabrina, b. Jan. 30, 1829. 

Y. Lucy, b. Dec. 29, 1806; m. April 28, 1830, Andrew S. Emery, 
Jeffrey, N. H. 

VI. Hannah, b. Mar. 14, 1809 ; m. Nov. 11, 1834, Harrison Be- 
ment; r. Peterboro ; re. to Mishawaka, Ind. ; she d. Sept. 12, 1849. 

VII. Emilia, b. Mav 22, 1811 ; m. Oct. 16, 1834, Drury M. Mar- 
shall. She d. July 3, 1840. 

Hon. Daniel Pratt, probably our wealthiest native, and 
the creator of Prattville, Alabama, was born in Temple, July 20, 
1799. He was tbe son of Edward Pratt, [whose father was 
Daniel, and wbo was born in Reading, Mass.,] and Asenath, 
daughter of Ebenezer Flint, of Wilton, N. H. Of this mar- 
riage, Daniel was the fourth child ; the others were : I. 
Asenath; m. Joseph Chandler. II. Dorcas; in. Joseph Chan- 
dler. III. Edward ; m. Dorcas Pevey. V. Abigail ; m. Artemas 
Howard. VI. Eliza ; m. Daniel Holt. Daniel m. Esther Tieknor. 

The subject of this notice received his common-school edu- 
cation in district No. 4, the Howard brothers being among his 
school-fellows. An abstract of his life is to be found in De 
Bow's Review of Feb., 1851, and the American Cotton Planter 
of May, 1857, from which we make copious extracts. Let 
young men learn therefrom the possibilities withia reach of 
energy and decision of character. 

"At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed himself to learn the 
carpenter's trade. After the expiration of his apprenticeship, 
in the year 1819, he came out to Savannah, Ga. In July, 
1821, he left Savannah and went to Milledgeville. In the 
vicinity of Milledgeville and Macon, he carried on his trade 
until 1831, when he removed to Clinton, Ga., where he was 
engaged with Mr. Samuel Griswold, in the manufacture of 
cotton gins, until 1833. In that year he proceeded to Au- 
tauga Co., Ala. The country had then begun to be populated 
by planters from the older States. The principal production 
being cotton, there was a great demand for cotton gins, and 
Mr. Pratt commenced to manufacture them on an extensive 
scale, having had the benefit of the experience of Mr. Gris- 
wold, the oldest and most extensive gin-maker in the world. 
By employing only good workmen, he was enabled to manu- 
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then in use. Their reputation was soon established through- 
out the State, and in the adjoining States of Florida, Mississippi 
and Louisiana. Orders came in as fast as he could execute 
them. Their sale, however, was not confined to the States 
above mentioned, bat a large number were sent to Texas, 
some to Tennessee, and a few have found their way to Mexico. 
In a short time he amassed a handsome fortune, and in the 
year 1838, he bought a large tract of land in the woods on 
Autauga Creek, upon which Prattville is located. At that 
time he was living one mile from the Alabama river, and three 
from the present site of Prattville. He commenced by build- 
ing a saw-mill in 1839, then a planing-mill, a flour and grist 
mill, and gin factory. 

At this time his business had become so extensive in the 
south-western States, that he found it necessary to establish a 
house in New Orleans, where he has erected one of the most 
convenient buildings for business in the city. Possessing 
more capital than was necessary to carry on these establish- 
ments, he determined to employ it in such a manner as would 
contribute the greatest amount of good to the community, and 
accordingly he continued to improve his place by turning his 
attention to such business as would benefit the greatest num- 
ber. The poorer classes he had particularly in view, and to 
such he has been the greatest benefactor. It was this spirit 
that prompted the erection of his cotton factory in 1846, now 
in complete and successful operation, and consuming from 12 
to 1500 bales of cotton annually. About the same time he 
built an iron-foundry. He has since built a new brick flour- 
ing-mill, and recently, a sash, door and blind factory, 30 by 
60 feet, and four stories high. 

Prattville is situated fourteen miles from Montgomery, and 
the same distance from the Alabama river. The location is 
low, and almost entirely surrounded by high hills, which give 
it a romantic and beautiful appearance." 

"We arrived at Prattville as the sun was going down, when 
the operatives in the various factory departments, were, with 
the setting sun, closing the performances of the day. We 
found Mr. Pratt at home with his family, with whom we spent 
the evening, to a late hour, in various conversations on the 
subject of agricultural improvement, agricultural machinery 
and southern manufacturing, in all of which Mr. Pratt is 
deeply and practically interested. And we found Mrs. Pratt, 
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instructingly interesting on every subject appertaining to im- 
provements about the homestead, such as tastefully arranged 
shrubbery, fine fruit and vegetable gardens, and terraced vine- 
yards, -which contribute so essentially to the comfort, content, 
and true pleasure of home, sweet home ! 

In the morning we commenced early after breakfast, a3 we 
had a great day's work before us. We spent the first hour 
in Mr. Pratt's Gallery of Paintings; many hours we could 
have remained there, had time permitted, in contemplating the 
canvassed scenes of passed grandeur and greatness. Among 
the most admired is a view of The Interior of St. Peter's 
Church,' ' The Last Supper,' The City of Rome,' i The Roman 
Forum,' 1 The Bay of Naples,' 'The Annunciation,' ' The Land- 
ing of Columbus,' 1 The Captives of Judah,' ' Christ and Mary 
Magdalen in the Garden,' ' The Landing of Cleopatra,' &c, 
&c, also full and half-length portraits of Geo. Washington, 
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Bishop Soule, and many others. 

After examining the various factories and machinery, 1 we 
took a stroll with Mr. Pratt through his garden, orchard, and 
vineyard, where we found the same skill, industry and im- 
provement in the soil : in a rich and well-cultivated vegetable 
garden, a beautiful orchard of fine, large fruit trees, embrac- 
ing various varieties of the apple, peach, pear, plum, and fig, 
all healthful and thrifty, and a vineyard of perhaps five acres 
of scuppernongs and catawbas, terraced in the most pictur- 
esque style to the summit-level of a high and very steep hill, 
perhaps one hundred feet or more perpendicular, the upper 
terrace above the lower or first. The vines are all kept up 
by cast-iron posts set along on the terraced embankments and 
wire railings from post to post. This vineyard plat, so fa- 
vorably located, contains in all twenty-five acres of land, and 
is enclosed by a substantial brick and picket fence. 

From the vineyard we returned to the mansion, where Mrs. 
Pratt had prepared for us an elegant dinner, with which we 



1 The following is a statement of the business of Prattviile in 1858 : 

Cotton Gin manufactory - •- - - S170,251.50 

Prattviile Manufacturing Co. - - - 187,220.49 

Foundry ------- 16,747.00 

Machine and blacksmith shops - 7,470. 00 

Sash, door and blind manufactory - 12,642.71 

Horse mills ------- 16,720.00 

W T agon manufactory - 8,962.00 

Tin manufactory - - ----- . - 3,-500.00 

Printing business - 8,250.00 

Mercantile business - - 155,519.00 

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had the pleasure of tasting several specimens of fine Autauga 
wine, the pure juice of the grape and fruit of the vineyard we 
had just examined; of this wine Mrs. Pratt had several casks, 
the vintage of last year. Thus closed one of the most inter- 
esting social visits it has been our good fortune to enjoy for 
years past." 

" It is now" (1851) " nearly three years since we visited 
Prattville, and employed ourselves in taking notes of its 
progress and improvements, and there is not in all the past, a 
pleasanter memory presenting itself than the courtesy, kind- 
ness and attention received at the hand of our excellent 
friend, the unaffected hospitality of his household, and the 
generous purpose of spreading ease and happiness around, 
which presides over his daily life. May the consciousness of 
doing good follow and cheer him in the future, and illustrate 
in his own heart, how much more than poetic license there is 
in the words, L An honest man 's the noblest work of God! ' " 

Records of the Daniel Searle Family. 

1. Andeew Searle, b. in England, 1616, and an early emigrant to 
Mass., is the supposed first ancestor of this family in America. 

2. William, lived in Ipswich, Mass., 1667 ; m. Deborah , and re. 

to Rowley, Mass., befere 1690. He is supposed by Gage, (in his Hist, 
of Rowley,) to be either a son or grandson of Andrew. 

3. William, son of William and Deborah, was b. in Rowley, Sept. 8, 
1690 ; m. Jane Nelson, and had six ch. 

I. Jeremiah, b. May 27, 1723. II. Jane, b. Oct. 18, 1727. III. 
William, b. April 4, ±730. 4. IY. David, (hereafter.) V. Eunice, 
b. Mar. 16, 1739. VI. Lois, b. Jan. 26, 1743. 

4. David, b. Nov. 24, 1736 ; m. Judith — , who d. in Temple, 
Oct. 12, 1790. He d. April 19, 1792. He re. to Temple early. 
David and Judith had four ch. 

5. I. Daniel, (hereafter.) II. David, b. Sept. 5, 1766; re. to 
Temple with his father and brothers ; m. Sept. 25, 1789, Judith, dau. 
of Dea. John Cragin ; re. to Cavendish, Vt,, afterward to Centerville, 
N. Y. ; had thirteen ch. ; d. in New York, Feb. 2, 1854. III. John, 
b. Nov. 11, 1770; m. March 11, 1792, Abigail Atwood, of Sharon. 
He is supposed to have been lost at sea, IV. Caleb, b. Aug. 19, 1773 ; 
re. to Jaffrey, N. H. ; d. April 5, 1855. 

5. Daniel, b. Sept. 11, 1763; m. July 1, 1788, Hannah, dau. of 
Gen. Francis Blood, b. July 11, 1770. She d. Sept. 12, 1848. He d. 



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April 6, 1849. Daniel Searle's farm was Lot 3, Kange III. His saw 
and grist mills were on the Gambol Brook, which flows through the farm. 
His father was a miller before him, and built the first mill in Temple. 
Daniel Searle was one of Nature's superior men. In addition to the tes- 
timony of all acquainted with him, the few letters of his to his son, the 
Rev. Addison Searle, which are left to his family, show him to have been 
a man of extraordinary mind. Mr. David Fisk's sketch of him, on a 
future page of this book, corresponds to the general statement of all 
his contemporaries ; ch : 

I. Ephraim, b. July 19, 1789 ; m. Betsy, daughter of Deacon David 
Patterson, b. Feb., 1793. He r. in Boston and New Ipswich : died in 
Boston. Jan. 9, 1826. His widow now resides in Francestown, N. H. 

II. Kev. Addison, b. Oct. 19, 1791. 

Having finished his preparatory studies at the Academy, in 
New Ipswich, he entered Dartmouth College in 1812, and 
graduated in 1816. After leaving college, he was engaged 
about two years in teaching a school of young ladies, in 
Boston. He pursued his theological studies at Bristol, R. I., 
with the Right Rev. Alexander Y. Griswold, Bishop of the 
Eastern Diocese, and was ordained Deacon by that Prelate, in 
St. John's church, Providence, R. L, in September, 1819. 
During his diaconate, he officiated several months in Hopkin- 
ton and Concord, N. H. In April, 1820, he was appointed a 
Chaplain in the Navy, and in the following August was admit- 
ted to Priest's orders, in St. Michael's church, Bristol, R. L, 
by Bishop Griswold. 

In May, 1821, he sailed from Boston, for a cruise in the 
Mediterranean, in the Frigate Constitution, bearing the flag of 
Commodore Jacob Jones, and returned to the United States 
in 1824. From 1824 to 1827, his official duties were per- 
formed at the New York Navy Yard. During 1827 and 1828, 
he was rector of St. Paul's church, in Buffalo, N. Y., and also 
of a church in Detroit, Michigan. Feb. 8, 1829, he was sta- 
tioned at Pensacola Navy Yard; in 1830 and 1832, at the 
Navy Yard in Charlestown ; in 1833, at the Brooklyn Navy 
Yard. In Oct. of 1833, he returned to Detroit. In the spring 
of 1835, he sailed from New York in the sloop of war "Pea- 
cock,'' destined, (as flag-ship) for the East India station. 

On her outward passage, the Peacock touched at Rio 
Janeiro, and there Mr. Searle was transferred to the sloop of 
war, Erie, the flag-ship of the U. S. Squadron on the coast of 
Brazil. At the expiration of this cruise in 1837, he was ap- 
pointed to the chaplaincy of the Navy Yard, Boston. He 
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received orders for duty on board the Frigate Cumberland ; 
and in August, sailed from New York in that ship, for a cruise 
in the Mediterranean. 

For several years before entering upon this, (which proved 
to be his last) service, Mr. Searle had suffered from disease of 
the heart. His health, at the time of his sailing, was appa- 
rently improved, but several months after, he had a return of 
his complaint. Under this he gradually failed, and on the 2d 
of August, 1850, died on board the Cumberland, on her pas- 
sage from Messina, Island of Sicily, to Alexandria, in Egypt. 

Some time after his decease, a few of his friends in Boston 
and vicinity, erected in Mount Auburn Cemetery, a marble 
cenotaph 1 to his memory, which bears the following inscrip- 
tion : 

Kev. Addison Searle, 
late 

Senior Chaplain in 
U. S. N. 
Buried at Sea, August 2, 1850. 

Erected by friends 
who, valuing him in life, remember 
him in death with true affection 
and deep regard. 

At the annual meeting of the Grand Encampment of 
Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in Oct., 
1850, resolutions were passed commemorating the virtues and 
good fellowship of "Rev. Sir Addison Searle, late Prelate of 
this Body." 

III. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1793; m. Sept. 30, 1814, George Whit- 
ing; ch., all b. in Boston: I. Maria Annette, b. Sept. 15, 1817 ; m. 
D wight Boyden, of Boston ; r. in Boston and Waltham, Mass. ; d. Nov. 
24, 1849. II. Elizabeth Searle, m. Asahel Clapp; r. Dorchester, Mass. 
III. Geo. W., b. Jan., 1821 ; d. at Hong Kong, China, Sept. 14, 1845. 

George Whiting, husband of Elizabeth, died September 13, 1822, se. 
31. She married, (2) October 9, 1824, Josiah Stickney, of Boston; 
ch: IV. Josiah H., b. Feb. 11, 1826. V. Martha Whiting, b. March 
11, 1828. VI. Charles Addison, b. March 12, 1830; d. May 20, 
1832. VII. Dwight, b. Nov. 16, 1833; d. May, 1834. VIII. Fran- 
cies A., b. Sept. 16, 1835. IX. Helen Augusta, b. Nov. 19, 1838. 

IV. Hepsibeth, b. July 31, 1796 ; in. March 4, 1817, James Fatten. 
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V. Maria, b. Feb. 14, 1803 ; m. Abiel Lovejoy, of Milford, N. H. ; 
d. June 6, 1851. 

VI. Daniel, b. Sept. 1, 1808 ; d. in New York City, Jan. 21, 1853, 

Records of the William Searle Family. 
William Searle, wbo was the s. of Will., a native, who was the son 
of Will., a first settler of Byfield, Mass., was b. in Byfield, 1723 • w.'s 
name Hannah ; had eight eh. ; Jona., ag. 11, and Hannah, as. 13, simul- 
taneously struck by lightning, according to Mrs. Prescott, a niece of 
theirs, 15 Aug.; according to Boston newspaper, 15 Sept., 1777; re. to 
T. early. 

2. William, (4th) s. of last, was b. Byfield, Mass. ; m. Eleanor 
Straw, 1777, at Newbury, who d. Temple, July 31, 1842, 3d. 87. He 
d. April 22, 1813, in T. Ch. : (1) Hannah, b. Dec. 2, 1778 ; m. 
[1813] Galen Lathrop ; d. in East Jaffrey, N. H. II. Sarah W., b. 
Nov. 26, 1781 ; m. William Hodge, 1801 ; r. Jaffrey, N. H. Mr. H. 
was b. Oct. 15, 1776; d. East Jaffrey, Jan. 10, 1825. She m. (2) 
Benj. Prescott, 1830, who d. Sept. 14, 1852, in J. III. Jonathan, b. 
July 26, 1785; m. Ruth Davis, 1813; r. Temple. IV. Betsy, b. 
Sept. 14, 1789; m. David Tenney, who d. Brattleboro, Dec. 25, 18 — ; 
m. (2) Heman Smith, T. ; [ch. by 2d h.] viz : 3 sons, r. Manchester, 
N. H. V. Earl, b. March 20, 1793 ; m. Lucy Edwards ; d. April 25, 
1825, in East Jaffrey. VI. William, b. Aug. 10, 1783; m. Sept. 
1814, Mary Eaton ; r. Temple ; d. Jaffrey. Feb. 15, 1851 ; ch. : 6 s., 3 
dau., all still living. VII. Trust-am, b. Oct. 12, 1796; m. 1822, Isa- 
bella Maynard, Bakersfield, Vt. ; r. Keeseville, N. Y. 

1. Nathaniel Shattuck, son of Jeremiah, was born at Pepperell, 
April 3, 1749, and died at the place of his residence, in Temple, N. H., 
January 30, 1828. He was one of the fifty-three who on the 7th of 
September, 1773, fell at the raising of the old meeting-house, at Wilton, 
N. H. He married, in 1773, Catherine Andrews, born February 16, 
1753, daughter of Jeremiah Andrews, then residing in Concord, Mass. 
She died in Temple, November 19, 1845, se. 93. At her decease she 
had 208 descendants, — 13 children, 78 grand-children, 115 great-grand- 
children, and 2 of the fifth generation ; of whom 150 were then living, — 
7 children, 51 grand-children, 90 great-gran d-children, and two of the 
fifth generation. The aggregate ages of the 58 children and grand-chil- 
dren was 2026 years, or about 35 years each. She could say, " Arise, 
daughter, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter hath a 
daughter ! " His children were born in Temple. 

I. Nathaniel, born February 27, 1774 ; grad. Dartmouth College 
1801 ; studied law, and practised a great many years. He still lives, 
residing at present in Lynn, Mass. He had seven children ; I. Ann 
Jane. II. Mary Wallace. III. Algernon Parker. IV. Catherine 
Kimball. V. George Freeman. VI. Henry Campbell. VII. George 
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IT. Oliver, bora July 22, 1776 ; died August 17, 1777. 

IIL Parker, born July 10, 1777 ; married November 16, 1797, Sally 
Spofford, bora in Temple, November 18, 1780. In June, 1801, be 
settled in Weston, Vt, where he now resides, a wealthy farmer, on the 
place he first occupied. He writes to us under date of May, 1859, 
" There were but few inhabitants in the place," (Weston, 1801) "and 
they had to fare hard. Their main support was to chop down maple trees 
and burn them to ashes, which in turn they leached into lye and boiled 
the lye into salts. These salts they put in bags, and carried them on 
their backs fifteen or twenty miles- to exchange them for pork or grain. I 
went to raising grain myself ; the other inhabitants soon followed, and 
left off making the salts." The children of Parker Shattuck were : I. 
Sally, b. Jan. 29, 1799. II. Parker, b. Dec. 14, 1800. III. Lucy, 
b. Feb. 16, 1803. IV. Ralph B,, b. May 6, 1805. V. Daniel S., b. 
Jan. 23, 1807. VI. Ashley, b. Feb. 13, 1809. VII. Clark, b. Feb. 
13, 1811. VIII. Moriah, b. April 12, 1815. IX. Andrew Jackson. 
X. Virtue, b. March 17, 1819. 

Thomas Sherwin was born in Westmoreland, N. H., March 
26, 1799. He was the only son of David and Hannah Sher- 
win, who lived a short time in Temple, on the southern road 
to Wilton, about a mile from the Miller estate. The house 
has probably been burnt, as no remains of it now exist, 
except a few remnants of brick. There are, however, some 
fruit trees still remaining on the grounds. Here his mother 
died, Oct. 1, 1806, and the next March he went to live with 
Dr. James Crombie, who then had no children living, and with 
whom he remained until the spring of 1813. While with Dr. 
Crombie, he was variously employed, sometimes on the farm, 
very much in riding from place to place, collecting debts or 
engaging workmen, sometimes assisting the doctor in admin- 
istering to patients, who came to the house for medical aid, and 
sometimes in selling simple drugs from the apothecary's shop. 
While here, he attended one summer school, taught by his sis- 
ter, afterwards married to C. P. Farley, of Hollis, N. H., also 
the usual winter school of the district, and, on one occasion, 
a private school kept by the late Solomon P. Miles, who, be- 
ing obliged to leave Dartmouth College in consequence of ill 
health, taught a few pupils at his father's house. He always 
regarded Dr. Crombie as one of his best friends and greatest 
benefactors. 

After leaving Temple, Mr. S. attended, for a short time, the 
Academy at New Ipswich, and in Sept., 1813, he went to learn 
the clothier's trade with Messrs. S. & S. Rockwood, of Groton, 
Mass. He served his employers faithfully, and remained with 
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them until he was nearly 21 years of as:e. While learning his 
trade, he was allowed eight weeks' schooling, a year, at the 
district school. Having a fondness for study, and encouraged 
by his teachers, he early had a wish to obtain a collegiate edu- 
cation, but postponed his design until 1820. He fitted for 
college at Groton and New Ipswich Academies, spending about 
six months at each, entered Harvard College in 1821, and was 
graduated in 1825. While preparing for college, and while 
an under-graduate, he taught district schools in Harvard, Gro- 
ton, and Leominster, Mass. In 1825-6, he had charge of the 
Academy in Lexington, Mass., and in 1826 was appointed Tu- 
tor in Mathematics at his Alma Mater, where he continued one 
year. In 1827, he engaged in engineering, under Col. Loammi 
Baldwin, and was employed a short time in surveys of the 
Navy Yards at Charlestown, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H., 
preparatory to the construction of dry docks. In 1827, to 
fulfil a previous engagement, he went as assistant engineer 
with James Hayward in the first survey of the Providence 
Railroad. But after the survey was about half completed, he 
was attacked with a fever, and being left with symptoms of 
pulmonary disease, was obliged to relinquish the profession. 
In December, 1827, Mr. S. commenced a private school for 
boys in the vestry of Trinity Church, in Boston. This school 
he continued with increasing patronage for one year, at the 
expiration of which he was elected Sub-Master of the Boston 
English High School, under the charge of Solomon P. Miles, 
his early teacher in Temple, and for more than a year his 
mathematical tutor at the University. He continued Sub- 
Master until 18-, when, Mr. Miles resigning the office of Prin- 
cipal, he was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy, and still 
continues at the head of that institution. 

1. Henry Spaulding, and Esther, his w., r. in Westford, Mass. Two 
of their ch. were 2. Jonathan and Timothy. 

2. Jonathan, m. Lydia Richardson, and had five eh. : Esther, Olive, 
3. Jonathan, Jesse, and Lydia. 

3. Jonathan, b. in Westford, May 2, 1769 : m., 1794, Lydia, dau. 
of William Upton, of Reading, Mass., re. to Temple. She was b. Apr. 
16, 1769, and d. Sept. 19, 1808; he m., (2) Aug. 8, 1809, Sibyl 
Spaulding, of Hancock, N. H., who had by him two dau. that d. young. 
He d. June 15, 18L4; he had, (4th Gen.,) I. Jonathan, (hereafter.) 
II. Timothy, b. Feb. 3, 1798; d. in Arkansas Ter., Oct. 1, 1833. Ill 
Nathan, b. Dec. 22, 1801 ; d. young. IV. David F., b. Apr. 29, 1803 ; 
d. Sept. 4, 1836, in New Holland, O.. 



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4. Jonathan was b. Aug. 5, 1796. He was in the war of 1812. He 
m.. 1823, Lydia, dan. of Daniel Heald. Ch. : Lydia Emeline, b. Jan., 
1825 ; m. Simon B. Farrar, of Temple. 

1. John Spofford, and Elizabeth, his w., emigrated to America, and 
settled in Rowley, Mass., in 1638. (Jeremiah Spofford, M. D., of Grove- 
land, Mass., has recently published a genealogy of the family in a pamph- 
let of 64 pp., containing notices of the Spoffoids in England.) 

2. John. b. Oct. 24, 1648; m. Sarah Wheeler, d. Apr. 22, 1696; 
had 8 ch., of whom, — 

3. Jonathan was the fourth. He was b. May 28, 1684 ; m. Jemima 
Freethe, of York, Me. ; had 12 ch., the second of whom was, — 

4. David, b. Dec. 4, 1710 ; m. Hannah Cheney, Mar. 6, 1735, r. 
Rowley. He had 6 ch. : I. Abijah, b. Apr. 22, 1736. II. David, 
baptized July 23, 1738. III. Mary. IV. Eliphalet. 5. V. Eldad, 
(hereafter.) VI. Jesse, bap. 1753. 

5. Eldad, b. Jan. 2, 1745; m. Lucy Spaulding, of Town send, Mass. 
He settled in Temple, X. H. Ch. : I. Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1769 ; m. Asa 
Howard, 1793, r. in Maine. 6. II. Jes'se, (hereafter.) III. Elipha- 
let, b. Apr. 8, 1773 ; m. Sally Russel, r^ Clarendon, Vt, IV. Henry, 
b. Feb. 5, 1775, d. 1783. V. Lucy, b. Apr. 8, 1777 ; m. Joshua 
Felt, r. in Maine. VI. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1779; m. Thomas Rich- 
ardson. VII. Sarah, b. Oct. 11, 1780; m., 1798, Parker Shattuck, re. 
to Weston, Vt. VHI. Isaac, b. June 22, 1782; m. Ann Fish, re. 
Woodstock, Me. IX. Betsy, b. July 11. 1784; m. Willard Hartwell, 
re. to Westport, X. Y. X. Milly, b. Oct. 1, 1786; m., 1810, Joel Pat- 
ten, of Temple. XI. Daniel, b. Sept, 5, 1788 ; m., 1812, Rebecca 
Barker. XII. Artemas, b. Sept. 26, 1791; m., 1812, Sally Barrett, r. 
in Vermont, XIII. Earl, b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; m. in British dominions. 

6. Jesse, b. Oct. 8, 1771 ; m., July 21, 1796, Sarah Tidder, r. Tem- 
ple. She d. Aug. 9, 1851, as. 79. Their ch. were, (7th Gen.,) I. Jesse, 
(hereafter.) II. Milly, b. June 19, 1800; m. Willard Searle. III. 
Clarissa 0., b. June 12, 1803 ; m., 1824, Dexter Burton. IV. Adna, 
b. Feb. 14, 1805 ; d. July 23, 1812. V. Rachel Jane, b. Dec. 6, 1812 ; 
m. Artemas Spofford. VI. Nancy Wilder, b. Jan. 4, 1816 ; m. Francis 
Robbins, re. to Acton, Mass. 

7. Jesse, b. Apr. 23, 1797 ; m. Mary H. Maynard, r. Temple. He 
d. Sept. 11, 1851. Ch. : I. Adna, b. Aug. 31, 1819; m. Orilla M. 
Dyer. n. Daniel B., b. May 3, 1821, d. 1824. III. Caleb Wheeler, 
b. Mar. 8, 1823; r. Boston. Jesse Spofford, m. (2) Ann Sheldon. 
Ch. : IV. Mary M., b. Dec. 2, 1825. V. Abigail Ann, b. May 23, 
1831. VI. Daniel H, b. Mar. 25, 1833. VH. Maria Jane, b. Nov. 
25, 1841. 



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1. Robert Stiles came from England, probably Yorkshire ; r. in 
Dorchester a while, but we find him in Rowley, Mass., 1660 ; m. to 
Elizabeth Frye, by whom he had four sons, John, Robert, Timothy and 
Ebenezer, and four daughters. 

2. Ebenezer, was b. Feb. 20, 1669 ; settled in Middleton, Mass., and 
had three sons, Ebenezer, Caleb, and Daniel. He divided a large 
farm between Ebenezer and Daniel. 

3. Ebenezer, m. Sarah Howe, about 1732; settled in Middleton, and 
had six sons : Ebenezer, Ezekiel, Joseph, Abner, Asa, and John. 

4. Asa was b. Nov. 3, 1741, and bad three sons: I. Asa, b. Nov. 
10, 1765; m. Betsy Stiles, (2) Abigail Carson, (3) Polly Dascomb, 
and r. Wilton, N. H. II. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 28, 1769 ; m. three wives ; 
lived and d. in Temple, leaving two sons and one daughter. 

5. III. David, 3d s. of Asa, was b. Middleton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1779, 
and re. with his father to Temple, Nov., 1782, where be remained until 
Nov. 1800, when he went to Lyndeboro, spent two years there as a trader, 
and then returned to Temple, settling on his father's old farm ; m. Eliza- 
beth Mack of Londonderry, and had one son and two daughteis. He is 
said to have been a favorite with Gen. F. Blood, when a young man. 
Ch. : I. David, m. Maria M. Goodridge of Lyndeboro, and has three 
children. II. Eliza Jane, m. James S. Mace of Amherst, and had one 
ch. who d. se. 15. III. Frances, unm. Esq. David Stiles is still living in 
Temple. 

1. John Walton, s. of John, was b. in Lynn, now Lynnneld, Essex 
Co., Mass., Jan. 31, 1685 ; d. of old age, Jan 31, 1774, se. 89. Ch. : 
2. I. Josiah (the 1st), doubtful whether the 1st or a later s. of John, 
was b. in Lynn, now Lynnneld; m. Ruth Richardson of Reading; d. 
1784. Ch. : 

3.1. Josiah, (hereafter.) II. Ruth, b. Jan. 5, 1738. III. James, 
b. Feb. 13, 1740; d. at Sheffield, Oct. 28, 1758. IV. Timothy, b. 

Jan. 15. 1743 ; m. Rebecca , who d. Oct. 20, 1820, se. 74. He 

d. Mar. 1, 1818. V. Lyclia, b. Sept. 10, 1745; m. Steams; d. 

July 22, 1782. VI. Amos, b. Feb. 6, 1748 ; d. Feb. 6, 1811. VII. 
William, b. Jan. 12, 1751. VIII. Nathan, b. May 24, 1753 ; d. July 
23, 1818. IX. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 11, 1756 ; d. June 6, 1780. 

3. Josiah was b. in Reading, Mass., Mar. 8, 1736; m. Eliza- 
beth , May 30, 1758, who d. Nov. 5, 1811, se. 78. He d. June 

21, 1831. Ch. : I. and II. (4th Gen.) Josiah and James, (of whom 
hereafter.) III. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1762; d. Dec. 10, 1853. se. 92, 
IV. Rachel, b. Mar. 22, 1764 ; m. Josiah Fletcher, wno d. Aug., 1831. 
She d. Oct. 13, 1839, se. 75. V. Asa, b. Feb. 9, 1767 ; d. Mar. 18. 1784. 
VI. Hepzibeth, b. May 23, 1770 ; d. July 4, 1859, se. 89. VII. Re- 
becca, b. Dec. 2, 1778 , m. Farr ; d. May 28. 1853, se. 74. 



Josiah Walton moved to Temple, 1795 or 6, from New 
Ipswich. He figured in the old French War, at the age of 20, 



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and as many years afterward, in the Revolution. His grand- 
son, J. W. Walton, a man whose memory of dates is not less 
extraordinary than the vitality of his family, which lives them 
out, made us the following narrative, which, as it ante-dates a 
similar one to be found in Farmer and Moore's Hist. Coll. (vol. 
l,p. 133) by twenty years, involves contiguous and almost iden- 
tical localities, wears an appearance of more truthfulness 
withal, and is an heir-loom in this family, no doubt deserves 
the credit of standing in a somewhat paternal relation to the 
former. While the main army were on a forest-march, in the 
vicinage of Lake George, they were informed by a friendly 
Indian, that a large body of French and Indians were in the 
woods ahead. They accordingly encamped for the night, and 
after reveille next morning, a party of three or four hundred, 
Mr. Walton among them, volunteered to act as an advance 
scout upon the enemy. They had proceeded about three 
miles, when they suddenly found themselves within the half- 
moon position of the identical foe they were in search for 7 
and only by a precipitate retreat saved themselves from being 
entirely surrounded. As it was, fully a hundred were killed 
and scalped by the Indians, who followed on each side to cut 
them off, and were only too eager to overcome the feeble and 
the stragglers. Mr. Walton reached camp with perforated hat, 
leg and haversack, a bullet having taken room and lodging in 
the latter, and already eaten part way into a hard biscuit. 
On hearing the guns, a reinforcement had started, but hap- 
pened not to fall in with the scouts. Instead, however, they 
surprised the French and Indians taking refreshment, where- 
upon the commander, with the voice of a lion, ordered one of 
the officers to bring up a body of 500 men to flank the enemy. 
This feint had the desired effect, and the allied forces fled in 
great confusion, leaving large quantities of baggage, weapons 
and plunder, to the disposition of the enemy. 

As a Revolutioner, Mr. Walton was active at Bunker's, and 
in camp, though sick, at the battle of Bennington. Dea. 
Brown, a near neighbor of Mr. W.'s, happened to be at Con- 
cord on the morning of the memorable 19th of April. Be- 
striding his " little black mare," he rode post-post haste to New 
Ipswich, and arrived there about noon, having spread the news 
all along his way. Mr. W. hurriedly put off with a fowling- 
piece to Concord; nobody at Concord, so he pushed on for 
Cambridge, enlisted, and at Bunker's fell in the heat of battle, 
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trolled ubiquitous Dea. Brown and neighbor Maj. Williams. 

Mr. W. assured them of his speedy dissolution, sent all the 
valuables on his person, with bitter-sweet messages, to his 
family, and made, in short, what turned out to be a very use- 
less ado, in bidding them a final farewell. Just as though a 
Walton should leave the planet at the age of 40. Half an 
hour passed over him, lying down there, when I doubt he be- 
came somewhat piqued at " Death's Counterfeit," and made 
an effort to rise upon his knee; very much to his astonish- 
ment he did rise upon his knee, and not only that, but his 
wonder grew upon him, as he successively found himself, next 
on his feet, and half a minute after toddling down the hill, at 
a dreamy pace to be sure, but nevertheless toddling. Just in 
the nick, here comes a Continental in a monotonous horse-cart, 
(not horse-car,) going to Menotomy (West Cambridge). There 
his wounds were dressed, and his father came after him from 
Reading. Fifty-six more years for Josiah, sub luni. 

4. Josiah was b. May 1. 1760 ; d. June 15, 1828. He always 
went by the name "Josiah Walton, Jr.," as his father Josiah outlived 
him. He was the father of Josiah Warren Walton, of New Ipswich, 
N. H. 

4. James was b. May 1, 1760. He is still living (1859), having at- 
tained the greatest age of this remarkably long-lived family. He was 
the father of James Harvey Walton, of Temple. Sarah, w. of James, 
the centennarian, d. Mar. 4, 1858, ae. 80. 

I. Nathan Wiieeler, b. Jan. 27, 1745; m. Lydia Adams ; b. July, 
1756; d. Oct., 1800. He d. May 7, 1884. 

Ch. : I. Nathan, b. Oct. 20, 1781. IT. Lydia, b. Aug. 19, 1783. 
III. Josiah, b. May 11, 1786; m. Dec. 31, 1811, Dolly Shattuck, b. 
Sept. 1, 1788 ; d. Au<>. 14, 1845. He m. (2) Apr. 29, 1846, Dorothy 
W. Killam, b. Mar. 14, 1795. Ch. : I. Dolly, b. Dec. 14, 1814; m. 
Mar. 1840, Henry I. Kimball. II. Lydia, b. June 8, 1818 ; m. Apr., 
1842, T. P. Rand. III. I. Kimball, b. July 15, 1822 ; m. Nov., 1849, 
Abby Marsh. 

William Wiiytynge is mentioned in the Subsidy Roll of Edward III, 
(1333) (Thomson's Hist, of Boston, Eng.) Bowditch sets down the 
name among those derived from colors, etc., such as " Whitehorn, White- 
church," &c. ; among those derived from objects of trade, such as 
"Mace, Coffje, Whiting;" and also among those derived from fishes, 
insects, &c, such as " Plaice, Whiting, Herring," &c. Cotton Mather 
in his sketch of Rev. Samuel Whiting, spoken of hereafter, puns to this 
effect : " The Ecclesiastical Sharks," says he, " then drave this Whiting 
over the Atlantic seas into the American strand ! " 



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1. John Whiting, Mayor of Boston, Eng., in 1600, and after, "a 
person," says Mather, "in good repute there, the eldest son among many 
brethren, bad three sons; the second of these was — 

2. Rev. Samuel, who was b. Nov. 20, 1597, and graduated at Cam- 
bridge University. lie m. two wives, the second of whom was " Elizabeth, 
dau. of the lit. Hon. Oliver St. John, and own cousin to Oliver Crom- 
well." He emigrated to Boston, N. E., in 1636, and was soon settled 
first minister of Lynn, Mass. (Concerning him, see Allen's American 
Biog. and Hist. Diet., p. 770; Lewis' Hist, of Lynn, pp. 160-162; 
Mather's Magnalia, pp. 502-3 ; Drake's Hist, of Boston, Mass., pp. 
362-3.) He d. at Lynn in 1679. She d. there in 1677. They had, 
according to Mather, four sons and two daughters ; his son — 

3. Rev. Samuel, b. in Eng., was the first settled minister in Billerica; 
one of his ch. was — 

4. Oliver, who m. Anna , and r. in Billerica. His son — 

5. Eleazar, was b. in Billerica, July 25, 1707 ; m. the wid. of his 
brother Oliver, Dorothy Whiting, (whose maiden name was Crosby) ; r. 
in Pelham, N. H. ; had Eleazar — d. when young; Sally, and twins ; 
6. Oliver, (hereafter,) and 6. Nathan, (hereafter.) Eleazar came to 
Temple with his son Oliver. He taught school forty years, it is said, and 
on going from his school-room at Major Heald's to Mr. Joseph Heald's 
in Temple, he fell, stricken with palsy. 

6. Lieut. Oliver was b. at Pelham, N. H., Apr. 17, 1750 ; m. May 
3, 1774, Martha Abbot, b. in Andover, Mass., Jan. 23, 1749. He d. 
Sept. 28, 1829. She d. Jan. 10, 1842. Ch. : I. Patty, b. in Andover, 
July 27, 1775; d. Aug. 9, 1778. 7. II. Oliver, (hereafter.) III. 
Patty, b. Feb. 13, 1780; m. 1799, Ephraim, youngest son of Gen. 
Francis Blood; had one son, Ephraim Whiting, and d. Jan. 17, 1800. 
IV. Sally, b. July 1, 1782; d. June 3, 1785. V. Hannah, b. Oct. 8, 
1784; m. Elias Boynton ; d. Feb. 9, 1817. 7. VI. Nathan Abbot, 
(hereafter.) 7. VII. Benjamin, (hereafter.) 7. VIII. George, 
(hereafter.) 7. IX. David, (hereafter.) 

7. Oliver, b. Jan. 5, 1778, in Temple; m. Jan. 2, 1800, Fanny 
Stiles; re. to Wilton ; d. Aug. 2, 1849. Ch. : I. Oliver, b. Feb. 22, 
1801; d. June 3, 1803. II. Fanny, b. Mar. 17, 1807 ; m. June 5, 
1828, Ephraim Whiting Blood; had one son, Oliver Whiting, (see Blood 
gen.) and d. July 16, 1830. III. David, b. Aug. 26, 1810 ; m. Emma 
Spaulding; r. Wilton, N. H. IV. Hannah, b. June 12, 1814; m. 
John Bragg. V. Sarah, b. Apr. 3, 1816; m. Jonathan Farkhurst. 

7. Nathan Abbot, b. Apr. 20, 1787 ; m. Apr. 2, 1811, Betsy, dau. 
of Maj. Francis Blood. Ch. : I. Betsey, b. Jan. 24, 1813; m. James 
Chandler. II. Nathan, b. Nov. 7, 1814; m. Matilda Ball. III. 



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FAMILY RECORDS. 



Elvira, b. Apr. 6, 1820 ; m. Theodore Young. IV. Oliver, b. May 5 

1832 ; U3. Cornelia Ball. 

7. Benjamin, b Apr. 13, 1789; m. June 18, 1811, Rebecca, dau. 
of Maj. Francis Blood; d. Jan. 23, 1856. Ch. : I. Francis, b. Mar. 
b, 1812; m. Eliza B. Williams; r. in Temple. II. George, b. Jan. 31, 
1816; m. Ruth D. Searle; r. New Ipswich, N. EL III. Benjamin 
Orville, b. Feb. 24, 1821 ; m. Mary Farrar. IV. Rebecca Jane, b. 
Oct. 6, 1828 ; m. Adam R. Searle. Ch. : I. Benjamin Whiting, b. 
Feb. 8, 1858. 

7. George, b. Feb. 16, 1791 ; m. 1813, Betsy, dau. of Daniel Searle, 
Esq. He d. Sept. 13, 1822. Ch. : I. Maria A., b. Sept. 15, 1816; 
m. Dwight Boyden. II. Elizabeth S., b. Dec. 1, 1818 ; m. Asahel 
Ciapp ; r. Dorchester, Mass. III. George W., b. Jan. 18, 1821 ; d. at sea. 

7. David, b. Apr. 22, 1793 ; m. June 1, 1815, Polly Farrar; d. 
Feb. 7, 1827. Ch. : I. Caroline, b. Jan. 28, 1818. II. Mary Jane, 
b. Apr. 17, 1820. Both the daughters reside in New York city. 

The genealogy of other branches of this family may be found in Drake's 
Hist, of Boston, Mass., pp. 362-3. A great many distinguished names 
are there recorded. It appears from the pages in question that Elizabeth, 
the mother of Rev. Samuel Webster of Temple, was a granddaughter or 
great granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting of Lynn. 

6. Nathan, the twin-brother of Oliver, was b. Apr. 17, 1750. He 
participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington; settled in 
Cornish, N. H. One of his ch. was Dorothy, b. in Cornish, Mar. 14, 
1795; m. Apr. 19, 1825, Ebenezer Killam of Temple, who d. Feb. 12, 
1845. She m. (2) Josiah Wheeler, Apr. 29, 1846; r. Lyndeboro. 



The following Records are extracted from the first Town Book, 

1768-1796. 

Nathaniel and Sarah Abbot. Ch. : I. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 24, 1778. 

Levi and Lvdia Adams. Ch. : I. Lydia, b. An?. 24, 1788. H. 
Abel, b. Dec. 22, 1792. III. Levi., b. Apr. 21, 1795. 

Silas and Elizabeth Angier. Ch. : I. Benjamin, b. Mav 27, 1762. 
n. Sibbel, b. 3% 15, 1761.. III. Silas, b. Apr. 19, 1766. IV. 
Bettee, b. Sept. 15' 1768. V. Joel, b. Sept. 4, 1770. 



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257 



Timothy and Elizabeth Austins. Ch. : I. Timothy, b. Sept. 5, 
1763. H. Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1765. III. Stephen, b. May 9. 1767. 
I\ r . David, b. Mar. 20, 1769. V. Eunice, b. Mar. 22, 1771. 

Stephen and Molly Austins. Ch. : I. Charles, b. Apr. 5, 1792. 

Jonathan and Mary Avery. Ch. : I. Jonathan, b. Jan. 2, 1753. 
II. Timothy, b. Sept, 29, 1754. in. Samuel, b. Oct.-18, 1758. IV. 
John, b. Nov. 8, 1760. V. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1768. 

David and Sarah Barker. Ch. : I. Zebadiah, b. 3Iar. 1, 1784. 

Nathaniel and Martha Ball. Ch. : I. Nathaniel, b. June 18, 1778. 
n. Joseph, b. July 27, 1779. III. Joshua, b. Aug. 14, 1781. IV. 
and V. David and Jonathan, b. Oct. 24, 1783. 

"William and Mary Brewer. Ch. : I. Ebenezer, b. July 28, 1765. 
II. William, b. Nov. 6, 1767. III. Abigail, b. Dec. 17, 1769. IV. 
Mary, b. May 1, 1772. 

Benjamin and Mary Byam. Ch. : I. Molly, b. Oct. 2, 1775. 

Ephraim and Sibbel Brown. Ch. : I. Sibbel, b. Feb. 16, 1769. 
II. Abigail, b. July 18, 1770. III. Ephraim, b. Aug. 6, 1772. IV. 
Thomas, b. Aug. 25, 1775. V. Ethan, b. Sept. 25, 1776. VI. Eliza- 
beth, b. Jan. 13, 1779. VIL Rebecca, b. Dec. 17. 1780. VIII. 
Ephraim, b. Feb. 14. 1783. IX. Polly, b. Jan. 10, 1785. X. Milley, 
b. Jan. 24, 1787. XL Thomas, b. Aug. 20, 1788. XII. and XIH. 
Amasa and Amaziah, b. Dec. 9, 1790. XIV. James, b. Dec. 10, 1793. 

Silas and Mary Brown. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. Sept. 23, 1781. 

Peter and Sarah Brown. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1776. II. 
Peter, b. Sept. 4, 1781. III. Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1784. 

John and Mary Brown. Ch. : I. John, b. Sept, 16, 1770. II. 
Mary, b. Apr. 20, 1772. III. Bettv, b. Apr. 10, 1774. IV. Jona- 
than, b. Aug. 18, 1776. 

Seth and Kate Cobb. Ch. : I. Kate, b. Apr. 23, 1766. II. Itha- 
mar, b. Nov. 19, 1767. 

Stephen and Rebecca Cobb. Ch. : I. Rebecca, b. July 3, 1774. 
IT. Stephen, b. Mar. 27, 1776. 

Ebenezer and Abigail Cobb. Ch. : I. Bettee, b. July 7, 1776. 

Ephraim and Rebecca Conant. Ch. : I. Simeon, b. Apr. 11, 1785. 
II. Peter, b. Apr. 20, 1787. III. Abraham, b. Mar. 7, 1789. 

Abraham and Lydia Dinsmore. Ch. : I. John, b. Nov. 23, 1765. 
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TOWN RECORDS. 



n. Amos, b. Feb. 29, 1768. 111. Abel, b. June 14, 1770. IY. 
Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1772. 

Abraham, Jr., and Love Dinsmo&e. Ch. : I. Abraham Leeman. b. 
Oct. 12. 1777. K Samuel, b. June 24, 1779. III. Love, b. May 
26, 1781. IY. Sarah, b. Mar. 22, 1783. 

Zebadiah axd Elizabeth Dixsmore. Ch. : I. John, b. Sept. 5, 
1779. n. Thomas, b. Mar. 10, 1782. HI. Betty, b. Sept. 14, 1784. 
IY. Amos, b. Apr. 22, 1787. Y. Sally, b. Sept. 19, 1789. YI. 
Jemima, b. Dee. 25, 1791. 

William and Elizabeth Drery. Ch. : I. John, b. Jan. 15, 1780. 
n. Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1781. HI. Senah, a dau. b. May 1, 1783. 
IY. Abel. b. Feb. 1, 1785. Y. William, b. Sept. 18, 1786. YI. 
Noah, b. Sept. 8, 1788. YH. Betty, b. Sept. 11, 1791. 

Ebexezer 1 axd Miriam Drery. Ch. : I. Sally, b. Dec. 15, 1780. 
n. Betty, b. Dec. 5. 1782. III. Jonathan, b. Oct. 25, 1784. IY. 
Hannah/ b. Oct. 20, 1786. 

Doct. Silas axd Lect Dekkee. Ch. : I. Abijah, b. Apr. 12, 
1786. H. Betsy, b. Sept. 17, 1787. HI. Thomas, b. May 31, 1789. 

Amos and Leceetia Emery. Ch. : I. Amos, b. July 25, 1773. 

Zechariah and Mary Emery. Ch. : I. Pollv. b. May 30. 1779. 
H. David, b. Apr. 26, 1781. HI. Lucy, b. July 19, 1784. IY. 
Samuel, b. May 30, 1786. Y. Betsv. b. Sept. 27, 1788. YI. Horace 
b. Jan. 4. 1793. YH. Lucretia, b. Feb. 5, 1795. YIH. Melinda, 
b. Mar. 21, 1797. 

Johx axd Elizabeth Everett. Ch. : I. John, b. May 15, 1771. 
H. John. b. Mav 21, 1772. HI. Jesse, b. July 15, 1774." IY. Eliza- 
beth, b. Jan. 15, 1776. Y. Jonas, b. Feb. 1. 1778. YI. Joel. b. Apr. 
14. 1781. YH. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 27, 1783. YHL Josiah, b. Jan. 
30, 1788. IX. Cyrus, b. July 17, 1792. 

Robert axd Sarah Fletcher. Ch. : I. Asa, b. Oct. 9, 1773. H. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1775. 

\Yilliam axd Rebecca Fletcher. Ch. : I. Rebecca, b. Jan. 30, 
1783. II. Lydia, b. Dec. 31, 1785. HI. Sibble, b. May 25, 1788. 

Isaac Barox axd Sarah Frexch. Ch. : I. Isaac, b. Oct. 2. 1782. 
H. Samuel, b. June 19, 1784. HI. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1787. 



1 Zedekiah Drurv had four sons, Thomas, Daniel, Ebenezer and Gershom. — 
N. Wheeler. 



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259 



David and Dorothy Fuller. Ch. ; I. David, b. June 25, 1774. 
n. Mary, b. May 16, 1776. HI, Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1778. IY. 
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 14, 1780. V. David, b. Mar. 16, 1782. VI. Amos, 
b. May 18. 1784. VII. Sally, b. May 18, 1787. VIII. Polly, b. 
July 9, 1789. IX. Lyclia, b. June 15, 1792. 

James and Hannah Fostee. Ch. : I. Jacob, b. Mar. 23, 1770. 
II. Hannah, Dec. 23, 1771. III. Jonathan, b. Jan. 16, 1774. IV. 
James, b. Sept. 1, 1779. V. Lucy, b. Dec. 14, 1782. VI. Polley, 
b. May 25, 1784. VII. Lyclia, b. Feb. 2, 1787. 

Dea. Jacob and Sarah Foster. Ch. : I. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1779. 
n. Jacob, b. Sept. 3, 1780. 

Joseph and Huldah Gtbbs. Ch. : I. Joshua, b. Dec. 18, 1775. 

Ezekiel and Eleanor Goodale.' Ch. : I. Ezekiel, b. July 17, 1772. 
II. Ebenezer, b. June 2, 1774. III. Eleanor, b. Feb. 3, 1777. IV. 
Elijah, b. Dec. 18, 1779. V. Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1780. VI. Reuben, 
b. Apr. 9, 1783. VII. Benjamin, b. Mar. 11, 1786. 

Abijah and Sarah Gould. Ch. : I. William, b. Mar. 1, 1769. 
II. Abijah, b. Nov. 11, 1771. IIL Abijah, b. May 20, 1777. 

Nathaniel and Sarah Grifein. Ch. : I. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 20, 
1780. II. Sally, b. Mar. 24, 1783. IIL Polly, b. July 11, 1785. 
IV. Betty, b. Mar. 17, 1787. V. Hannah, b. Nov. 2, 1790. 

Jason and Lucy Hementt ay. Ch. : I. Jason, b. March 17, 1770. II. 
Daniel, b. Oct. 13, 1772. 

Zebadiah and Lydia Johnson. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. Jan. 16, 1771. 
II. George, b. May 7, 1773. III. Joel, b. March 13, 1775. IV. 
Samuel, b. March 14, 1777. 

John and Molly Kendall. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. March 5, 1774. II. 
Rebecca, b. Feb. 19, 1776. IIL Jacob, b. July 29, 1778. IV. Mol- 
ley, b. Sept. 25, 1780. V. John, b. Sept. 1, 1782. VI. Sarah, b. 
July, 1784. VII. Isaac, b. Aug. 2, 1786. VIII. Jeremiah, b. June 
16, 1788. IX. Betty, b. July 29, 1790. X. Moses, b. May 25, 
1793. 

Ezra and Sarah Kimball. Ch. : I. Polly, b. Dec. 30, 1780. II. 
Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1782. IIL John, b. Jan. 1, 1785. 

Isaac and Abigail Kimball. Ch. : I. TVilliam, b. Sept. 12, 1783. 
II. Betty, b. Aug. 17, 1785. 

Isaac Kimball Jr. and Sally Kimball. Ch. : I. Benoni Cutter, 
b. March 13,1791. 



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Dayid and Millet Kimball. Ch. : I. Asenath. b. April. 1794. II. 

David, b. Feb. 1, 1796. 

Elijah and Rebecca Mansfield. Ch. : I. Ephrahn, b. July 16, 
1775. II. Lore, b. Aug. 19, 1777. 

John and Mary Marshall. Ch. : I. Ichabod. b. Xoy. 11, 1768. 

Jonathan and Betty Marshall. Ch. : I. Jonathan, b. May 21, 
1780. n. Betty, b. Dec. 3, 1783. HE. Abigail, b. Nov. 16, 1784. 
IT. Josiah, b. April 29. 1787. V. Thomas, b. Feb., 1789, and died 
Dec, 1789. VL Samuel, b. July 31. 1791. VII. Polly, b. July 28, 
1793. 

Dayid and Abigail Marshall. Ch. : I. Thomas, b. May 12, 
1 * i 3. 

Aaron and Esther Marshall. Ch. : Beriah. a dau., b. June 9, 
1773. n. Benjamin, b. March 8, 1776. 

Artemas and Miriam Maynard. Ch. : I. Thomas, b. Dec. 18, 
1764. Lost in the woods Aug. 7, 1769. II. Lucy, b. Jan. 19, 1769. 

John and 3Iartha Maynard. Ch. : I. Elisha, b. Aug. 25, 1769. 

Dayid Gray and Judith Netting. Ch. : I. DaYid, b. Jan. 15, 
1775. Judith, b. Xoy. 18, 1776. 

Aaron and Abigail Oliyer. Ch. : I. Luther, b. Feb. 11, 1772. 
II. Ezra, b. July 13, 1774. HI. Aaron, b. Sept. 27, 1776. 

Joseph and Miriam Putnam. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. May 18, 1770. 
H. Sarah, b. March 17. 1773. III. Mehetabel, b. Apr. 4, 1775. IV. 
Gideon, b. May 26, 1777. 

Jacob and Mehetabel Putnam. Ch. : I. Jacob, b. June 15. 1772. 
n. Mehetabel, b. Aug. 7. 1773. HI. Mehetabel, b. Dec. 22, 1775. 
IV. Jacob, b. Jan. 7, 1778. V. Aaron, b. Oct. 24, 1779. 

Stephen and Oliye Putnam. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. Aug. 31, 1765. 
IT. Olive, b. Oct. 2, 1766. HI. Samuel, b. May 29, 1768. IT. Es- 
ther, b. April 23, 1770. V. Mary, b. April 10, 1772. VL Elizabeth, 
b. July 11, 1774. VII. Israel, b. March 31, 1776. VIII. Abigail, 
b. March 6, 1778. IX. Rachel, b. Feb. 28, 1780. X. Jacob Herri- 
man, b. Dec. 28, 1781. 

Abiel and Lucy Parker. Ch. : I. Abiel, b. Aug. 6, 1783. 

William and Anna Parkhurst. Ch. : I. Bridget, b. Oct. 26. 1784. 
II. Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1786. HI. Betsy, b. Oct. 10, 1788. 

William and Sarah Parkhurst. Ch. : I. Joel. b. July 14, 1793. 
II. Sarah Swallow, b. Sept. 7, 1795. 



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Andrew and Lydia Parkhurst. Ch. : I. Andrew, b. Oct. 14, 
1786. II. Lydia, b. Oct. 4, 1789. HE. Rebecca, b. Nov. 8, 1791. 

Thomas and Abigail Richardson. Ch. : I. Abigail, b. June 14, 
1775. II. Anna, b. Aug. 22, 1777. III. Sarah, b. July 8, 1779. 

IV. Thomas, b. May 4, 1781. V. Abiel, b. May 31, 1783. VI. 
Edie, b. Jan. 8, 1786. 

Josiah and Sarah Richardson. Ch. : I. Josiah, b. Oct. 25, 1786. 
n. Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1788. 

Joseph and Hannah Richardson. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. Oct. 19, 
1772. EE. Nathan, b. May 15, 1775. IH. Thomas, b. May 25, 
1777. IV. Zedekiah, b. Feb. 25, 1779. V. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 17, 
1781. VI. Betty, b. Feb. 9, 1783. VH. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1785. 
VIII. Sally, b. June 23, 1787. 

Stephen and Lucy Sanders. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. Nov. 22, 1774. 
n. Lucy, b. May 9, 1776. III. Stephen, b. May 2, 1779. IV. John, 
b. Jan. 16, 1781. 

Joseph and Persis Searle. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. June 27, 1778. 
II. Joseph, b. Dec. 30. 1780. IH. Mary, b. April 6, 1783. IV. 
Jonathan, b. July 20, 1785. V. Lucy, b. Aug. 4, 1787. VI. Eli- 
jah, b. Sept. 1, i789. VII. William, b. Oct. 7, 1791. VIII. Wash- 
ington, b. May 29, 1794. 

Ebenezer and Lucy Severance. Ch. : I. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 8, 1777. 
II. Ruth, b. May 23, 1779. HI. Samuel, b. Nov. 26, 1780. IV. 
Jacob, b. Aug. 18. 1782. V. Anna, b. May 18, 1784. VI. Asa, 1 b. 
Jan. 24, 1786. 

Abraham and Sarah Shelden. Ch. : I. Hepzibah, b. Sept. 10, 
1775. 

George and Mary Start. Ch. : I. Moses, b. Apr. 13, 1770. H. 
Mary, b. April 14, 1772. III. Amos, b. April 23, 1775. 

John and Susanna Stowell. Ch. : I. John, b. June 5, 1783. II. 

Thomas, b. Feb. 4, 1785. III. Susanna, b. April 11, 1787. IV. and 

V. Moses and Joshua, b. May 12, 1789. VI. Jeremiah, b. June 5, 
1791. VH. Newman, b. May 16, 1793. VIII. Polly, b. March 11, 
1795. 

Sile R. and Sarah Stickney. Ch. : I. Susanna, b. April, 1787. 
H. Lydia, b. March 16, 1791! 

Abel and Martha Severance. Ch. : I. Elijah, b. Sept. 27, 1792. 

Eleazer and Sarah Taylor. Ch. : I. Daniel, b. Aug. 5, 1765. II. 
Nathan, b. Aug. 19, 1771. III. Sarah, b. May 2, 1773. IV. Benoni, 
b. Sept. 2, 1776. 



1 They pronounced this name Asaw, in those times. — David Stiles. 



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TOWN RECOEDS. 



Benjamin and Jane Tenney. Ch. : I. Jane, b. April 5, 1769. II. 
Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1771. III. Lydia, b. July 21, 1773. IY. Benja- 
min, b. March 16, 1776. 

Benjamin and Susanna Tenney. Ch. : I. Susanna, b. June 9, 
1783. II. Lucy, b. Nov. 24, 1786. III. Samuel, b. Oct. 14, 1788. 
IV. Betty, b. July 4, 1790. V. Jonathan, b. April 6, 1792. VI. 
Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1794. 

Benjamin and Ruth Tenney. Ch. : I. Samuel, b. July 11, 1776. 
II. William, b. Feb. 27, 1778. III. Benjamin, b. Aug. 23, 1781. 
IV. Samuel, b. May 16, 1783. V. Amos, b. Feb. 19, 1785. VI. 
David, b. Nov. 10, 1786. VII. Solomon, b. Sept. 12, 1788. VIII. 
John, b. July 7, 1790. 

William and Mehetabel Upton. Ch. : I. Dorcas, b. May 1, 1780. 
II. Rhoda, b. Sept. 15, 1782. III. Eli, b. Feb. 25, 1785. 

Benoni and Rebecca Vinton. Ch. : I. Isaac, b. Sept. 28, 1790. 



" The following persons were married by the Rev'd Samuel Webster." 

Nov. 13, 1771. Aaron Marshall and Esther Townsend, both of 
Temple. 

Sept. 15, 1772. David Marshall and Abigail Holden, both of Temple. 
Aug. 20, " David G. Nutting and Judith Townsend, both of 
Temple. 

July 14, 1773. John Tenny and Mary Drury, both of Temple. 
July 1, " Benjamin Smith and Mary Townsend, both of 
Temple. 

July 1, 1773. Elias Colburn and Mehetabel Wheeler, both of 
Temple. 

Nov. 25, 1773. Nathaniel Shattuck and Catherine Andrews, both of 
Temple. 

May, 1775. Archelaus Wilson and Sarah Morse, both of Temple. 
No Date. Aaron Chamberlain of New Ipswich, and Sibel Kidder, of 
Temple. (Certificate dated June 22, 1715.) 
Sept; 1776. Peter Davis and Deliverance Goss. 
April 9, 1777. Ebenezer Severance and Lucy Nutten, of Temple. 
March 13, " Zebadiah Dinsmore and Elizabeth Todd, of Temple. 
April 3, " Andrew Law and Hepzibah SpafFord. 
May 1, " Samuel Treadwell and Mary McKeen. 

Under this list of Marriages occurs the following note : 
" The deficiencies and imperfections to be found in ye above entries 
are to be attributed to ye defects of ye minutes from whence they were 
taken. But, if needed, perhaps some further light, in some respects, 
may appear by the certificates lodged in ye Rev'd N. Miles' hands. 

Sam'l Howard, T. Clerk." 



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" Marriages by the Rev d Noah Miles : " 

Oct. 6, 1782. Moses Wheeler ye 3d of Rowley, in ye Massachusetts, 
to Sally Searle, of Temple. 

Nov. 28, 1782. Samuel Spaulding, of Merrimack, to Sally Heald, of 
Temple. 

Dec. 12, 1782. Stephen Lowell, Jr., of Dunstable, to Lydia Leeman, 
of Temple. 

Dec. 12, 1782. Humphrey Cram, of Wilton, to Mary Fuller, of 
Temple. 

May 8th, 1783. Abiel Parker, of Peterborough, to Lucy Ball, of 
Temple. 

June 11th, 1783. Capt. Gershom Drury to Mary Hawkins, both of 
Temple. 

January 14th, 1784. Jeremiah Andrews to Elizabeth Sartwell, both 
of Temple. 

May 31st, 1784. Abijah Wheeler to Hepzibah Blood, both of Tem- 
ple. 

July 27th, 1784. Peter Heald, Jr., to Sally Rowell, both of Temple. 
August 10th, 1784. Jonas Brown to Hannah Heald, both of Temple. 
Oct. 12th, 1784. Nathaniel Jewet to Ruth Powars, both of Temple. 
July 12th, 1785. Silas Durkee to Lucy Searle, both of Temple. 
Dec'r 19th, 1785. Josiah Richardson, to Sarah Powars, both of 
Temple. 

January 9th, 1786. x\bijah Munroe, of Lincoln, Mass., to Sally 
Wheeler, of Temple. 

January 26, 1786. Paul Powars to Merrill Heald, both of Temple. 

June 12th, 1786. David Drury to Lucy Richardson, both of Temple. 

August 10th, 1786. Samuel Fletcher, of Chelmsford, Mass., to Beulah 
Harthorn, of Temple. 

January 29th, 1787. Thomas Marshall to ye W 7 idow Mary Brewer, 
both of Temple. 

September 25th, 1787. David Searle to Judith Cragin, both of 
Temple. 

November 20th, 1787. Levi Adams to Lydia Farrar, both of Temple. 
May 20th, 1788. Theodore Barker to Rebecca Heald, both of Temple. 
June 3d, 1788. Phineas Howard to Levinea Powars, both of Temple. 
July 1st, 1788. Daniel Searle to Hannah Blood, both of Temple. 
Oct. 1st, 1788. David Witherbee to Esther Harthorn, both of 
Temple. 

Oct. 21st, 1788. Paul Sticknee to Abigail Brown, both of Temple. 
Nov. 10th, 1788. Dan'l Lampson to Sarah Cragin, both of Temple. 
Nov. 25th, 1788. Asa Severance to Mary Dinsraore, both of Temple. 
March 24th, 1789. Joseph Heald, Jr., to Jane Tenney, both of 
Temple. 

March 26th, 1789. James Andrews to Rebecca Conn, both of Peter- 
boro Slip. 

April 16th, 1789. Joel Barker, resident, to Molly Todd, inhabitant 
of Temple. 



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Oct. 23d 1789. Merari paulding, of Westminster, Mass., to Betty 
Heald, of Temple. 

Jan'y ye 19th, 1790. Dea, Abel Conant, of Hollis, to Lydia Kidder, 
of Temple. 

June 3d, 1790. James Perry to Polly Wentworth, both of Temple. 
Nov'r 5th, 1790. Joseph Killarn, of Lyndboro', to Allice Drury, of 
Temple. 

Sept. 17th, 1790. David Austins, of Temple, to Dorcas Barker, of 
Peterboro. 

Dec. 7th, 1790. Benj. Cutter to Molly Blood, both of Temple. 
January 25th, 1791. Aaron Felt and Azubah Weston, both of 
Temple. 

Jan. 27, 1791. John Burton, ye 3d, of Wilton, to Eunice Heald, of 
Temple. 

Feb. 16, 1791. Pelatiah Day, of Packersfield, to Rebecca Mansfield, 
Temple. 

Feb. 24 ; 1791. Isaac Parkkurst to Bridget Lunn, both of Temple. 
May 2, " Stephen Austins to Polly Kidder, both of Temple. 
May 12, 1791. William Jewel, of Temple, to Betty Hobbs, of Lynd- 

borough. 

Oct. 20, 1791. Asahel Miles, of Westminster, to Polly Tenny, of 
Temple. 

Oct. 23, 1791. Sam 1 Dudley, of Bethel, Yt., to Susanna Wentworth, 
of Temple. 

Nov. 17, 1791. Andrew Stiles, of Packersfield, to Lydia Holt, of 
Temple. 

Jan. 12, 1792. Simon Heald to Betty Burnap, both of Temple. 
March 11, 1792. Jonathan Searle, of Temple, to Abigail Atwood, of 

Sharon. 

May 22, 1792. Folingbee Hazeltine to Sarah Heald, both of Temple. 
*^May 27, " John Osgood to Lydia Heald, both of Temple. 

Aug. 6, " Asa Howard to Lydia Spafford, both of Temple. 

Oct. 4, " Jacob Clark to Polly Severance, both of Temple. 

Dec. 16, 1792. Gershom Drury to Elizabeth Richardson, both of 
Temple. 

April 15, 1793. John Burnap, Jr., to Jane Buchoton, both of Temple. 
Nov. 12, 1793. John Puffer, resident in Society, to Eliza Putnam, of 
Temple. 

Nov. 21, 1793. Simon Farrar to Mehetabel Thomson, both of 
Temple. 

Nov. 21, 1793. Eli Burnap to Thankful Walker, both of Temple. 
Nov. 28, 1793. Jesse Carlton, of Wilton, to Elizabeth Mansur, of 
Temple. 

Dec. 2, 1793. Isaac How, of Amherst, to Sarah Griffin, of Temple. 
Jan. 2, 1791. James Tidder, of Andover, Yt., to Miss Polley Patten, 
of Temple. 

Jan. 5, 1794. Mr. Amos Dinsmore to Mrs. Rachel Stone, of Temple. 
Jan. 17, 1794. Mr. John Mansur to Miss Mary Kimball, of Temple. 
Jan. 22, 1794. Mr. John Avery to Miss Hannah Fish, of Temple. 



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265 



Feb. 4, 1794. Ezra Oliver to Hannah Perry, residents in Temple. 
Feb. 4, 1794. James Bartlett to Lucy, both of Temple. 
March 5th, 1795. Joseph Kidder, Jr., to Mrs. Huidah Stiles, of 
Temple. 

May 28, 1795. Darius Hudson, of Pepperel, to ye widow Ruth 
Tenney, of Temple. 

Aug't 27,' 1795. Joshua Warner, of Andover, Yt., to Rhoda Patten, 
of Temple. 

Nov. 24, 1795. Samuel Killam, of Lyndboro, to Miss Betty Foster, 
of Temple. 

Dec'r 1st, 1795. Mr. Benj. Simpson to Miss Phebe Todd, of Temple. 

Jan. 11th, 179(3. Mr. Dan'l Whipple, Church of Brattleborough, to 
Miss Dorothy Wheeler, of Temple. 

March 27, 1794. Ebenezer Stiles to Miss Prudence Childes, of Temple. 

June 22, 1794. Mr. Moses Wentworth, of Beading, Vermont, to Miss 
Anna Hoaney, of Temple. 

Oct. 14, 1794. Mr. Elisha Johnson, res't, to Miss Bhoda Kidder, of 
Temple. 

Nov. 18, 1794. Mr. Joshua Felt to Miss Lucy Spafford, of Temple. 
Dec. 2, 1794. Mr. Dennison Blanchard to Miss Abigail Howard, res't. 
Dec. 30, 1794. Mr. Oliver Taylor, of Dunstable, to Miss Abigail 
Richardson. 

Feb. 17, 1795. Mr. Joseph Howard to Miss Abigail Maynard, of 
Temple. 

Feb. 7, 1795. Mr. Aaron Avery to Mrs. Sarah Thomson, of Temple. 

April 5, 1796. Mr. Abraham Shelden, Jr., to Miss Abigail Wheeler. 

June 9, 1796. John Barker to Hannah Butterfield. 

June 27, 1796. Francis Cragin to Sarah Cummings. 

June 30, 1796. Daniel Batchelcler, of Wilton, to Miss Sibel Brown. 

June 30, 1796. Oliver Farrar, Jr., to Polly Wheeler. 

Aug. 1, 1796. Calvin Howe, of Langdon, to Jemima Todd. 

Nov, 29, 1796. Mr. Life Spafford, of Andover, Vermont, to Miss 
Sally Russel, res't. 

Dec. 19, 1797. Mr. Nathan Richardson to Miss Hannah Shattuck. 

July 11, 1797. Mr. James Heald to Miss Sally Walker. 

Nov. 26, 1797. Mr. Jonathan Foster to Miss Hannah Cutter. 

Jan. 18, 1798. Mr. Barrachias Abbot, of Andover, Vermont, to Miss 
Anna Colburn. 

Feb. 5, 1798. Mr. David Felt to Miss Susanna Pollard, of Plymouth, 
Vermont. 

March 6, 1798. Mr. Richard Rowell, of Dublin, to Miss Susanna 
Heald. 

March 8, 1798. Mr. John Kimball to Miss Abigail Billings. 

" 16, 1798. Mr. Joshua Todd to Mrs. Sarah Fletcher. 
Aug. 19, 1798. Mr. Jacob Jewett to Miss Elizabeth Patten. 

deaths : 177 0-1 796. 
Aaron Felt, son of Aaron Felt & Tabitba, his wife, Dy'd December ye 
17th, 1770. 

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266 



TOWN RECORDS. 



Eleanor Heald, Daughter of Capt. Ephraim Heald & Sarah, his wife, 
Dy'd December ye 19, 1772. 

John Everett, son of John Everett and Elizabeth, his wife, Dy'd 
August 3d, 1771. 

Phebe Howard, Daughter of Sam 1 Howard, and Elizabeth, his wife, 
Died Sep* ye 11 th 1773. 

Mrs. Lydia Dinsmore, the wife of Abraham Dinsmore, Died eptembar 
ye 13 th ADomini, 1774. 

Nathaniel Howard, son of Sam 1 Howard and Elizabeth, his wife, Died 
May ye 16 th 1775. 

Thomas Felt, son of Peter Felt & Lucy, his wife, Died Nov 1 14, 1775. 

Ephraim Brown, son of Ephraim Brown & Sibbel, his 'wife, Died 
September 3 d 1775. 

Jacob Putnam, son of Jacob Putnam & Mehetabel, his wife, Died 
June 29th, 1772. 

Mehetabel Putnam, Daughter of Jacob Putnam & Mehetabel, his 
wife, Died August 29, 1775. 

Hannah SpafFord, Daughter of David Spofford and Elizabeth, his wife, 
Died Sep* 19, 1775. 

The Rev'd Mr. Sam 1 Webster Departed this Life August 4 th 1777. 
And interred ye 6 th . 

Jon a & Hannah Searle, children of Will m &' Searle, were killed 

by Lightning Aug* y e — , 1777. 

Miriam Putnam, Daughter of Joseph Putnam & Miriam, his wife, 
Died March 20 th , 1777. 

Ethan Brown, son of Ephraim Brown & Sibbel, his wife, Died Oct r 
20th* h , 1777- 

Patty Whiting, daughter of Oliver Whiting, and Martha, his wife, 
died March 9, 1778. 

Samuel Tenney, Son of Benjamin Tenney and Ruth, his wife, Died 
Sept 2, 1775. 

Sally Drury, Daughter of William Drury & Elizabeth, his wife, Died 
June 24, 1773. 

William Drury, Son of William Drury & Elizabeth, his wife, Died 
October 4, 1775. 

William Drury, Son of William Drury & Elizabeth, his wife. Died 
March 5,*1779. 

Peter Felt, Son of Peter Felt & Lucy, his wife, Died May 14, 1779. 
John Felt, Son of Peter Felt & Lucy, his wife, Died May 30, 1779. 
Lucy Felt, daughter of Peter Felt & Lucy, his wife, died May 29, 
1779.. 

Thomas Brown, Son of Ephraim Brown & Sibbel, his wife, died Feb- 
ruary 18, 1781. 

Sibbel Gragin, Daughter of Francis Cragin & Sibbel, his wife, died 
Sept. 1, 1780. 

Sally Edwards, Daughter of Ebenezer Edwards & Lucy, his wife, died 
March 24, 1781. 

Eliot Powars Died June the 29 th , 1783. 



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267 



Jacob Foster, Son of Dea 11 Jacob Foster & Sarah, bis wife, Departed 
this Life October ye 9 th , 1784. 

Rachel Holt, Daughter of Samuel Holt & Lydia, his wife, departed 
this life April ye 9th, 1782. 

Abigail Cobb, Departed this life December 31, 1787, 

Thomas Edwards, Son of Ebenezer Edwards & Lucy, his wife, departed 
this Life July 8 th , 1788. 

Benjamin Ball, Son of John Ball & Hannah, his wife, died Nov. 
11, 1781. 

Benjamin Page Ball, Son of John Ball & Hannah, his wife, died 
April 17, 1788. 

Mr. Oliver Heald departed this life January ye 21 st , 1790. 

Mr. James Foster Died 1790. 

Mr. William Upton Died 1790. 

Mr. David Fuller Died 1790. 

Mr. Benj a Tenny, Jr., Died 1790. 

The wife of Mr. Aaron Felt Died July 10th, 1790. 

Anna Cragin, Daughter of Fr s Cragin & Sibbel, his wife, Died 
September 16 th , 1791. 

Mrs. Tabitha Felt, wife of Mr. Aaron Felt, Died July 10 th , 1790. 

Mr. Nathaniel Griffin departed this life June ye 2 d , 1790. 

Phcbe Howard, Daughter of Sam 1 & Elizabeth Howard, died March 
17 th , 1796. 

Betty Drury, Daughter of William & Elizabeth Drury, died June 
24 th , 1791. 

Abel Drury, Son of William & Elizabeth Drury, died Dec r 18, 1791. 



268 



FAMILY RECORDS, 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE TEMPLE FAMILY. 

FROM A PAMPHLET BY W. H. WHITMOKE. 



1. Leofric, Earl of Mercia, husband of the famous Countess Grodiva, 
and founder of the great monastery at Coventry, was chiefly instrumental 
in raising Edward the Confessor to the throne, as also his successor King 
Harold II. He died 31 Aug., 1027. 

2. Algar, Earl of the East Saxons, son and heir, took that title upon 
Harold's quitting it for the Earldom of the West Saxons, after Earl 
Godwin's death. He died, 1059. 

3. Edwin, Earl of the East Saxons, son and heir, was deprived of his 
Earldom by the Conqueror, and killed in defending himself against the 
Normans, 1071. 

4. Edwin or Henry, son and heir, sometime styled Earl of Leicester 
and Coventry, is said to have assumed the name of Temple from the 
manor of Temple, near Wellesborough, county Leicester, and is sup- 
posed to be Henry de Temple, lord of Temple and Little Shepey, temp. 
King William I. 

5. Geoffrey de Temple, son and heir of Henry de Temple. 

6. John de Temple, son and heir, temp. King Henry I. 

7. Henry de Temple, son and heir, married Maud, dau. of Sir John 
Ribbesford. 

8. Henry de Temple, son and heir, temp. K. John. 

9. Richard de Temple, son and heir, married Katherine, dau. of 
Thomas Langley, Esq. Living 1295. 

10. Nicholas de Temple, son and heir, married Margaret, dau. of 
Sir Robert Corbet, of Sibton, co. Leicester. Living 1322. 



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269 



11. Richard de Temple, son and heir, married Agnes, dau. of Sir 
Ralph Stanley. Living 1346. 

12. Nicholas de Temple, son and heir, married Maud, dau. of John 
Burguillon, of Newton, co. Leicester. 

13. Richard de Temple, son and heir, married Joan, dau. of William 
Shepey, of Great Shepey, co. Leicester. 

14. Thomas Temple, of Witney, co. Oxford, third son, married 
Mary, dau. of Thomas Gedney, Esq. 

15. William Temple, son and heir, married Isabel, dau. and heir of 
Henry Eyerton, Esq. 

16. Thomas Temple, son and heir, married Alice, dau. and heir of 
John Heritage, of Burton Dorset, co. Warwick. 

17. Peter Temple, of Stow and of Burton Dorset, second son, m. 
Melicent, dau. of William Jekyl, of Newington, co. Middlesex, and had 
issue — 

18. i. John, of whom presently. 

19. ii. Anthony. 

Peter Temple, Esq., died 28 May, 1577. 

19. Anthony Temple, second son, had — 

20. Sir William Temple, son and heir, who married Martha, dau. of 
Robert Harrison, co. Derby, and died aged 73, 15 Jan. 1627. He was 
a learned and eminent person in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and filled 
numerous offices of importance. 

21. Sir John Temple, born 1600, son and heir of this last, married 
Mary, dau. of John Hammond, of Chertsey, co. Surrey, and died 1677. 
He was Master of the Rolls, and Joint Commissioner of the Great Seal, 
in Ireland, 1648. Children : 

22. i. Sir William, Bart., who married Dorothy, dau. of Sir 
Peter Osborne, and had an only son John, Secretary of War, mar- 
ried Mary de Plessis, and died 1689 ; who left two da us., Elizabeth, 
married John Temple, Dorothy, married Nicholas Bacon, of Shrub- 
land Hall, co. Suffolk. He was Privy Councillor, and Master of 
the Rolls. As a statesman he is best known as the author of the 
Triple Alliance, and a scheme concerning the Privy Council. He 
was a skilful florist, and perhaps the most eminent patron of the day 
of that science. Macaulay gives the following character to Sir Wil- 
liam Temple : — " Of all the official men of that age, Temple had 
preserved the fairest character. The Triple Alliance had been his 
work. * * ■ * * His private life, though not austere, was decorous ; 
his manners were popular ; and he was not to be corrupted either 
by titles or by money. Something, however, was wanting to the 
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patriotism was lukewarm. He prized his ease and his personal dig- 
nity too much, and shrank from responsibility with a pusillanimous 
fear." [Harper's 8vo. ed., p. 224.] He died aged 71, Jan. 27, 
1699. - 

23. ii. Sir John. 

iii. Henry, in. Chambers. 

iv. Martha, b. 1639, d. 1722, m. April 21, 1666, Thomas 

GifTord, of Castle Jerdan, co. Kildare. 

23. Sir John Temple, second son, married Jane, dau. of Sir Abra- 
ham Yarner, of Dublin, and had — 

24. i. Henry. 

ii. John, married Elizabeth Temple, his second cousin, and 
had no surviving issue. 
He was Attorney General and Speaker of the Irish House of Com- 
mons ; died aged 72, 10 March, 1704. 

24. Henry, First Viscount Palmerston, son and heir, born 1673, m. 
1st, Anne, dau. of Abraham Houblon, Esq., of London, and had by her, 
who died 1735, issue — 

25. Henry. 

He married 2d, 1738, Isabella, dau. of Sir Francis Gerard, of Har- 
row, co. Middlesex, bart., and widow of Sir John Fryer, bart., but had 
no issue. He was created Baron Temple, of Mount Temple, and Vis- 
count Palmerston, 1722, and died aged 84, 10 June, 1757. 

25. Henry, married 1st, Miss Lee ; and by Jane, dau. of Sir John 
Bernard, bart., Lord Mayor of London, his 2d wife, had issue — 

26. Henry. 

He died vita patris, 1740. 

26. Henry, second Viscount, born 1739, married 1st, in 1767, Fran- 
ces, dau. of Sir Francis Poole, bart., and, she dying without issue, he 
married secondly in 1783, Mary, daughter of B. Mee, Esq. He died 
in 1802; his children were, 

27. i. Henry John. 

ii. William, now Sir William. 

iii. Frances, married Capt. Bowles, R. N., now Bear Admiral, 

iv. Elizabeth, married Bt. Hon. Lawrence Sullivan. 

27. Henry John Temple, born 20 Aug., 1784, third Viscount 
Palmerston, the present head of Her Majesty's administration, m. Emily, 
dau. of Viscount Melbourne and widow of Earl Cowper. 

To return to the elder branch. 

18. John Temple, Esq., of Stowe, who d. 1603, married Susan, dau. 
and heir of Thomas Spencer, Esq., of Everton, co. Northampton, and 
had — 



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28. Sir Thomas Temple, Knight of Stowe, was created a Baronet • 
his will is dated 4th Feb., 1632, and proved 13 March, 1637. He 
married Esther, dau. of Miles Sandys, Esq., of Larimers, co. Buck, who 
died 1656, and had thirteen children. Of these were — 

29. i. Sir Peter. 

30. ii. Sir John, of Biddleson and Stanton Bury. 

iii. Thomas. 

iv. Purbeck. 

29. Sir Peter Temple, M. P., second baronet, married 1st, Anna, 
dau. and co-heiress of Sir Arthur Thrograorton, of Paulerspury, co. Nor- 
thampton, by whom he had — 

i. Anna, married Thomas Roper, Viscount Baltinglass. 

ii. Martha, married Weston Ridgway, Earl of Londonderry. 
He married secondly, Christian, sister and co-heiress of Sir Richard 

Leveson, of Threntham, co. Staff., and had — 

31. iii. Richard, born 1634, and two daughters. 

30. Sir John, of Stanton Bury, married Dorothy, dau. and co-heiress 
of Edmund Lee, and died 23 Sept., 1632, having had — 

32. i. Peter. 

33. ii. Edward. 

34. iii. Purbeck. 

35. iv. Thomas, Gov. of Nova Scotia, died s. p. 27 March, 1674. 

v. Dorothy, married John Alston, Esq. 

vi. Hester, married Edward Pascal, Esq. 

vii'Mary, married Robert Nelson, Esq., of Gray's Inn. 

31. Sir Richard Temple, third baronet of Stowe, who died 15 May, 
1697, married Mary, dau. and heiress of Thomas Knap, Esq., co. Oxford, 
and had — 

36. i. Richard. 

ii. Hester, md. in 1710, Richard Grenville, Esq., of Wooton. 1 

iii. Christian, married Sir Thomas Lyttleton, Bart. 

iv. Maria, married 1st, Dr. West, Prebendary of Winchester, 

2d, Sir John Langham, Bart. 

v. Penelope, married Moses Beranger, Esq. 

32. Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Bury, mariied Eleanor, dau. of 
Sir Timothy Tyrrell, of Okely, co. Bucks, who remarried Richard Gren- 
ville, great-grandfather of- the first Earl Temple. She died 24 May, 
1671, aged 57. Issue — 

37. i. William. 

ii. John. 

iii. Eleanor, married Richard Grenville, Esq., her step-brother. 

33. Sir Edward Temple, of Selby; his will was proved 30 March. 
1668. 

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34. Sir Pttrbeck Temple was the father (see note at the end) of 

38. i. Thomas Temple. 

39. ii. Sir John Purbeck Temple, of Edsconibe, co. Surrey, who 

died 1694. 

35. Sir Thomas Temple, Governor of Nova Scotia, died at Ealing, 
co. Middlesex, 1674. 

36. Sir Bichard Temple, fourth Bart., Lieutenant General nnder 
the Duke of Marlborough, in Flanders, was created Baron Cobham and 
Viscount and Baron Cobham. He married Anna, dau. of Edmund 
Halsey, Esq., and dying without issue, 1749, the Viscounty devolved 
upon his sister Hester, and her heirs male. She married Bichard Gren- 
ville, son of Bichard Grenville and Eleanor Temple (daughter of Sir 
Peter, No. 32, vide ante,) and her descendant, the Duke of Bucking- 
ham, now enjoys the dignity. 

37. William Temple, of Lillingstone Dayrell, had issue — 

40. i. William. 

41. ii. Peter. 

38. TnoMAS Temple, had issue — 

42. i. Robert Temple, of Ten Hills, Mass., oldest son, d. April, 

1754. 

43. ii. Rebecca, m. Dr. Christopher Emmett, in Dublin, 1727. 

40. Sir William Temple, fifth baronet, married Elizabeth, dan. and 

heiress of Peter Paxton, Esq., and had by her — 

i. Henrietta, married William Dicken, Esq., and had issue John, 

who assumed the name of Temple, 1796. 
He married secondly, Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Ethersey. Esq., and 
had — 

ii. Anna-Sonhia. married Sir Bichard Temple, seventh baronet. 
He died 10 April, 1760. 

41. Sir Peter Temple, sixth baronet, succeeded his brother, and 
died Feb., 1761. leaving — 

44. Bichard. 

42. Bobert Temple, Esq., of Ten Hills (died April, 1754) married 
* Mehitable, dau. of John Nelson, Esq., whose mother was Mary, dau. of 

Sir John Temple, (No. 30, ante.) Children : 

45. i. Bobert, died 1781. 

46. ii. John, bom 1731, bapt, April 16, 1732. 

iii. Bebecca, bapt. April 13, 1729. 

iv. Mehitable, bapt. Sept. 20, 1730. 

47. v. William, married dau. of Gov. Whipple, 
vi. Agnes, bapt, July 28, 1730. 

48. vii. Mary. 

49. viii. Margaret, m. Nathaniel Dowse, and had six sons, (one 

of them Hon. Edward Dowse, M. C.) and one dau., 



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Mary, who m. Com. Samuel Nicholson, U. S.N., and 
had three daus. 

50. ix. Elizabeth. 

44. Sir Richard Temple, seventh baronet, m. his cousin Anna 
Sophia, but dying s.p. Nov. 10, 1787, he was succeeded by his relative, 
John, (No. 46.) 

45. Robert Temple, m. Harriet, second dau. of Gov. Shirley, and 
had, — 

i. Anne-Western, married Christopher Temple Emmett, a 

brother of the Irish patriot. 

ii. Mehitable, married Hans Blackwood, Lord Dufferin. 

iii. Harriet. 

46. Sir John Temple, eighth baronet, also a baronet of Nova Scotia, 
married Elizabeth, dau. of Gov. Bowdoin, 20 Jan., 1767, and died 17 
Nov., 1798. Children : 

51. i. Grenville, born 16 Oct., 1768. 

52. ii. James-B., born 7 June, 1776, married Mary, daughter of 

Thomas Dickason of Fulwell Lodge, co. Middlesex, 
and died 1842. 

53. iii. Elizabeth-B., m. Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop, of Mass. 

54. iv. Augusta, married Win. L. Palmer, Esq., and died 18 

August, 1852. 

47. William Temple, third son of Robert Temple, Esq., of Ten 
Hills, m. first, a dau. of Gov. Whipple, and had, 

i. John, d. unm. 

•ii. Sarah, m. Seibels, Esq., of Granby,_S. C, and had 

five children, one of whom was the father of Hon. J. 
T. Seibels, American Minister at Brussels. 
He m. second, Amy, dau. of Col. Eleazer Fitch of Windham, and had, 
iii. Nelson, b. 1781, drowned, aged 11. 

55. iv. Robert, b. Aug. 29, 1783. 

51. Sir Grenville Temple, ninth baronet, married 1st, Elizabeth, 
dau. of George Watson, Esq., of Plymouth, and widow of Hon. Thomas 
Russell, of Massachusetts; she died Nov. 4, 1809, and had issue : 

56. i. Grenville, born July 20, 1799. 

57. ii. John, born 1801. 

iii. Elizabeth- Augusta, married in 1829, Maj. Gen. Byam, 

British Army. 

iv. Augusta-Grenville, d. June 22, 1798. 

v. Matilda-Margaret, d. unm. Jan. 4, 1824. 

He married, 2d, 9 June, 1812, Maria- Augusta, widow of Sir Thomas 
Rumbold, and dau. of Prederick Manners, Esq., and died in 1829 
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52. James Temple in. Mary Dickason, April 26, 1808. He assumed 
the name of Bowdoin, and had issue. 

i. James-Temple, bom March 17, 1815. 

ii. Christine-Temple. 

iii. Laura-Temple. 

55. Robert Temple, m. Sept,, 1805, Clara, only child of Joseph 
Hawkins, Esq., and had, 

i. Clara, m. in 1827, Henry Chapman, Esq. 

58. ii. Eobert-Emmett, b. Sept, 24, 1808. 

iii. Mary, m. Sept., 1833, Edmund Tweedy, Esq., of New 

York. 

iv. Charlotte, m. 1st, Robert Sweeney, Esq., who d. Dec, 

1840, and has issue; 2d, John Rose, Esq., Q. C, of 
Montreal, July, 1843, and has issue. 
His wife dying, Dec, 1814, he m. 2d, Charlotte, dau, of Dr. Isaac 
Green, and had, 

v. George, b. April 2, 1820, d. unm. 

59. vi. Charles, b. Nov., 1821. 
vii. Elizabeth, d. young. 

60. viii. William-Grenville, b. March, 1826. 

ix. Helen- Augusta, d. unm,, Feb., 1854. 
He died Oct. 6, 1833. 

56. Sir Grenyille-Temple Temple, tenth baronet of Stowe, married 
May 5, 1829, Mary, dau. of Geo. Baring, Esq., brother of the late Lord 
Ashburton, died June, 1847, and had, 

61. i. Grenville-Leofric, born Feb. 5, 1830. 

ii. George-Ernest- A., b. Jan. 4, 1832, d. young. 

iii. Algar-Bowdoin, b. May 25, 1833. 

iv. Napoleon-Grenville-D'Evereux, b. July 2, 1839. 

v. George-Grenville. 

vi. Blanche- Adeelah, 

vii. Rosalie-Milicent, 

viii. Eleanor. 

57. John Temple, Esq., m. July 29, 1828, Jane Dorothea, dau. of 
John Marshall, Esq., M. P., and had by her, (who d. Dec. 23, 1851.) 

i. Grenville-Marshall. 

ii. Edwin-Frederick. 

iii. Matilda-Dorothea. 

iv. Laura-Cecilia, 

v. Gertrude. 

58. Robert-Emmett Temple, late Adjutant General, N. Y., m. June 
12, 1839, Catherine M. James, and died 1854, leaving 

i. William, b. March, 1842. 

ii. Catherine, b. Aug., 1843. 

iii. Mary, b. Dec, 1845. 



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iv. Clara, d. young. 

v. Charlotte, d. young. 

vi. Grenville, d. young. 

vii. Ellen, b. Oct., 1850. 

viii. Henrietta, b. June, 1853. 

59. Charles Temple, m. Margaret, dau. of Major Lowe, U. S. A. 
and had, 

i. Edward. 

ii. Arthur. 

iii. Alice. 

iv. Charlotte. 

v. Eloisa. 

60. William-Grenville Temple, U. S. N., m. Oct. 10, 1851, Cata- 
lina, dau. of Gen. Totten, U. S. A. 

61. Sir Grenville-Leoeric Temple, eleventh and present baronet 
of Stowe. 



Note on the Preceding. 

Burke's Peerage, 1854, gives Edward Temple [33] as the father of 
Thomas [38], but a copy of the Temple pedigree from Johnson and 
Kimber's Baronetage, now in the possession of Hon. B. C. Winthrop, 
formerly belonging to Sir John Temple [46], and containing his own 
interlineations, says as follows : — 

" Sir John, the present baronet, is the son of Bobert, eldest son of 
Thomas, the son of Purbeck, who was second son of the aforementioned 
Sir Peter Temple, Bart,, of Stowe, ." 



Female Branches. 

1. Bobert Nelson, married Mary, dau. of Sir John Temple. (No. 
30.) Will proved 4th Aug., 1698. Children : 
i. John. 

ii. Temple, died s. p. 1671. 

iii. Margaret, 

Of these, John Nelson came to New England previous to 1688, m. 
Elizabeth, dau. of Lt. Gov. Tailer, and had, 
i. Temple. 

ii. Pascal, died unmarried. "Will proved Sept. 19, 1760. 

iii. Mehitable, m. Bobert Temple, (No. 43, ante) and d. 1775. 

iv. Elizabeth, married Hubbard, Esq. 

v. Bebecca, b. 1688, m. Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Lloyd's Neck, N.Y. 



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Temple Nelson, son of John, married Mary, clau. of John Wentworth, 
Esq., Governor of New Hampshire, and had, 

John, b. at Boston, d. on the Island of Grenada, aged 52. 

Kebecca Nelson, yonngest daughter of John and Elizabeth Nelson, 
m. in 1708, Henry Lloyd, Esq., of the Manor of Queen's Tillage, 
Lloyd's Neck, L. I., (an estate still owned by his descendants) and had, 
i. Henry, who m. Miss Hutchinson of Boston, and d. in England. 

ii. John, b. 1711, of whom presently. 

iii. Margaret, m. Col. Wm. Smith, of St. George Manor, L. I. 

iv. James, 
y. Joseph. 

vi. Kebecca, b. 1718, m, Melancthox-Tailer Woolsey, Esq., of 
New Haven, Conn., (who was b. 1717, and d. 1758) and 
d. 1796. 31. T. Woolsey had Theodosia, Rebecca, 
(who m. Hon. James H. Hillhouse,) Melaxcthox-Lloyd, 
(b. 1758, d. 1819,) m. Alida Liyixgstox, (b. 1758 and 
d. 1843,) whose dau., Rebecca Nelson Woolsey, m. Johx 
Borlaxd, Esq., of Boston. Mr. M. T. Woolsey had a 
brother, Wm. Walton Woolsey, whose grand-daughter m. 
Francis Bayard Winthrop, Esq., nephew of Hon. Thomas 
L. Winthrop, mentioned hereafter. 
John Borland, Esq., had issue, 

Sarah-Lloyd, m. Henry A. Coit, Esq. 

James L., d. March 29, 1849. 
. M. Woolsey, m. Julia Gibson, April 17, 1849. 

John Nelson, m. Madeline Gibson. 

Alid a-Livin gston . 

vii. Elizabeth, m. Fitch, in England. 

viii. William. 

ix. Nathaniel. 

x. James, b. March 24, 1728, d. 1810; was a physician in Bos- 

ton ; m. Sarah Corwin, and had six children, only two of 
whom reached maturity, viz. : 

i. James, late senator in Congress, b. 1769, d. 1831, 

m. Hannah Breck, (b. 1772, d. 1846, s. p.) 

ii. Sarah, b. 1766, d. 1839, m. Leonard Vassall Borland, 

Esq., (b. 1759 and d. 1801,) whose only son, 
John, m. Rebecca Nelson Woolsey above. 

John Lloyd, 2nd son of the above, m. in 1742, Sarah Woolsey, and 
had, 

i. Henry. 

ii. John, of whom presently. 

iii. Rebecca, m. John Broome, Lt. Gov. of New York. 

iv. Theodosia. 

v. Abigail, m. James Cogswell, Esq. 

vi. Sarah, m. John Hillhouse, Esq., of New Haven. 

vii. Aaron, 
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John Lloyd, Jr., in. Amelia White, and had, 

i. John-Nelson, of Lloyd's Neck. 

ii. Angelina, m. George W. Strong, Esq., of New York. 

iii. Mary-Amelia. 

Angelina Lloyd, eldest daughter of John Lloyd, Jr., m. George W. 
Strong, Esq., and had, 

i. Eloise-Lloyd. 

ii. Mary- Amelia. 

Of these, Eloise-Lloyd Strong m. in 1834, E. Hasket Derby, Esq., 
of Boston, and had, 
i. Hasket. 

ii. George-Strong, died young. 

iii. George- Strong. 

iv. Nelson-Lloyd, died young. 

v. Richard-Henry. 

vi. Nelson-Lloyd. 

vii. Lucy. 



Dr. Christopher Emmett, m. Rebecca Temple, [43] in Dublin, 9 
Feb., 1727, and died 29 Aug., 1743. He had issue — 

i. Thomas, born 2 June, 1728. 

ii. Robert. 

Of these, Thomas married 30 March, 1752, Grace , and died 27 

June, 1753, leaving issue an only child, Elizabeth, born Jan. 10, 1753, 
and who died June 28, 1755. 

Robert Emmett, (born 1729, died 1802,) married 16 Nov., 1760, 
Elizabeth, clau. of James Mason, of Killarney, and had — 

i. Christopher-Temple, born Sept. 5, 1761, married, in 1784, 

Anna Western Temple, [See No. 45,] and had Catherine, 
born Oct. 17, 1787, who died num., 1824. 

ii. William, bom April 21, 1762, died young. 

iii. Thomas- Addis, born April 24, 1764, of whom presently. 

iv. Catherine, born July 3, 1766, died unm. 

v. Joseph-Mason, born June 15, 1767. 

vi. Rebecca-Harriet, born July 30, 1768. 

vii. Anne, born July 26, 1769. 

viii. Elizabeth, born August 8, 1770. 

ix. Robert, born September 8, 1771, died young. 

x. John, born September 3, 1772. 

xi. Mary-Ann, born October 10, 1773, married Robert Holmes. 

xii. Robert, b. March 4, 1778, executed for high treason in 1803. 

Thomas Addis Emmett, Esq., an eminent lawyer of New York, mar- 
ried January 11, 1791, Jane, dau. of Rev. John Patten, of Clonmel, 
by his wife Margaret Colville, and had — 



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i. Robert. 

ii. Margaret. 

iii. Elizabeth, married William H. Leroy, Esq. 

iv. John-Patten. 

v. Thomas-Addis. 

vi. Christopher-Temple, died unm. 

vii. Jane-Erin, married Bache McEvers, Esq. 

viii. Catherine. 

ix. Mary-Ann, married Edward B. Graves, Esq. 

x. William-Colville. 



William Lance, of Sandwich, co. Kent, England, married Mary 
Temple (No. 48,) and had — 

i. David, born 1757, married - — dau. of Willliam Fitz. 

ii. William, married dau. of Gawin Elliott, of Blackheath. 

iii. Mary, married John Paton, of Grandhome. 

Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop, m. July 25, 1786, Elizabeth B. Tem- 
ple, [53] who d. July 23, 1825, and had children — 

i. Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple, b. May 16, 1787, m. Rev. Dr. 

Tappan, and had six children. 

ii. Sarah-Bowdoin, b. June 3, 1788, m. Hon. George Sullivan. 

(For issue, vide Bowdoin pedigree.) 

iii. Thomas-Lmdall, b. July 23, 1789, d. Jan. 12, 1812, s. p. 

iv. Augusta-Temple, b. Nov. 3, 1791, d. Sept, 18, 1792. 

v. Augusta-Temple, b. April 23, 1793, m. Dr. John Smyth 

Rogers, had two children, and d. Dec. 7, 1828. 

vi. James-Bowdoin, b. July 33, 1794, d. s. p. March, 1833. 

vii. John-Temple, b. May 14, 1796, d. s. p. May 5, 1843. 

viii. Francis-William, b. Dec. 1, 1797, d. June 23, 1798. 

ix. Francis-William, b. May 31, 1799, d. s. p. March 7, 1819. 

x. Jane, b. March 15, 1801, d. s. p. Feb. 22, 1819. 

xi. Anne, b. April 14, 1803, m. s. p. Dr. J. C. Warren, d. 

Dec. 16, 1850. 

xii. George-Edward, b. June 15, 1805. 

xiii. Grenville-Temple, b. March 23, 1807, m. Frances M. 

Heard, and d. Sept. 14, 1852. 

xiv. Robert- Charles, b. May 12, 1809, m. first, Eliza Cabot 

Blanchard, and has children ; and secondly, Laura Derby 
Welles. 

Of these children, Grenville Temple Winthrop, Esq., m. Frances- 
Maria, dau. of Hon. John Heard, and had — 

i. Thomas-Lmdall, b. Aug. 16, 1834. 

ii. Elizabeth-Temple. 

iii. Susan-Heard. 



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Hon. Robert-Charles Winthrop, m. Eliza Cabot, dau. of Francis 
Blanchard, Esq., March 12, 1832, who d. June 14, 1842, and had — 

i. Robert-Charles, b. Dec. 7, 1834. 

ii. Eliza-Cabot, 
iii. John. 

He m. secondly, Nov. 6, 1849, Laura, dau. of John Derby, Esq., 
and widow of Arnold F. Welles, Esq. Mr. Winthrop has held the 
offices of U. S. Senator, and of Speaker of the U. S. House of Repre- 
sentatives. 



William L. Palmer, married Augusta Temple, (No. 52) and had — 

i. John T., d. s. p. 

ii. Charles C. 

iii. Frederick T. 

iv. William B. 

v. Anne E., born 1802, died 14 June, 1808. 

vi. Augusta T., married Rufus Prime, Esq., of N. Y., and died, 

leaving issue, 
yii. Elizabeth. 



Ministers Labourers together with God, &c. 



A 

SERMON 

Preached October 2, 1771, 

AT THE 

O RDINATI O N 

OF THE 

Rev. Mr. SAMUEL WEBSTER, jun 
TO THE PASTORAL CARE 

OF THE 

Church in Temple. 



Publiftied at the unanimous Defire of the Council 



By SAMUEL WEBSTER, A.M. 

Pallor of a Churcli in Salilbury. 



SALEM: 

Printed by S. and E. HALL, near the Exchange. 
MDCCLXXII. 



The Sermon preached by Rev. Samuel Webster of Salisbury, Oct. 2, 1771, at the 
ordination of his son, Rev. Samuel Webster, Jr., as first minister of the church in 
Temple, may be found at the Boston Athenaeum. We give the title page, the text, 
and two extracts. 

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SERMON" 



The text was 1 Cor. iii. 9. "For we are labourers together with 

God : Ye are GoaVs husbandry, ye are God's building." 

Extracts. " But it is time that I turn myself to the per- 
son who is now to be solemnly introduced into this sacred 
ministry and to become a fellow-labourer with G-od and with 
us. And now, my son — hear the voice of thy father, whose 
bowels are moved for thee, and who, from his inmost soul 
wishes thee all good, all happiness, here and forever. 

I know, my son, I know by more than thirty years experience, 
that the work in which you are about to engage, is indeed 
that laborious and difficult work which I have now described. 

I have hinted at some of the principal parts of it, — And 
at some of the arguments to animate every minister to it : 
which, I trust, you have heard with a particular application to 
yourself, and therefore I need not now repeat. 

But consider, my son, though it is a difficult work to which 
you are called, yet it is a most important and a most honourable 
one : even to be a a labourer together with God. Magnify your 
office : But don't be proud of it. Let the weight of your 
work, and a deep sense of your insufficiency for it, without 
God's help and grace, keep you humble. 

Yet be not dismayed — For remember we are all with you 
in it ; angels are also with you ; yea God himself is with you, 
while you are with him ; and will help you. While you are 
faithful in his service, God himself labours with you : He is en- 
gaged in the same work ; and will not leave you nor forsake 
you. 

And remember that as we are all brethren, the elder and 
the younger, if we would labour successfully, we must unite our 
strength; and be all as one in this great work. He that 
planteth and he that watereth is one. And your working in 
perfect union with your fellow-labourers will be, under God, 
your strength and glory. 



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SERMON OP REV. SAMUEL WEBSTER. 



I rejoice that you have so much reason to hope, that those 
around you will be a comfort and a blessing to you. I hope 
you will be wise enough to court their friendship, and culti- 
vate it by every honest art. 

You are happy, very happy, my son, in the union and har- 
mony of this people in your settlement : I pray God it may 
continue to your dying day. Be sure that you do not forfeit 
their esteem and affection by even any neglect of your duty 
to them. But improve all the powers and capacities which 
God has given you, natural and acquired, cheerfully in their 
service. Give yourself wholly to God and to them. First 
give yourself, (as you are able) to study and meditation, and 
then to the ministry of the word : And endeavor to increase 
more and more in wisdom and knowledge, and in favor with 
God and with men. 

I heartily wish and fervently pray that you may be a great 
blessing to this people, (who are now about to be committed 
to your charge) and that you and they may be long happy 
together upon earth, and rejoice 'in each other till you have 
finished your course : And that then you may meet in your 
Father's house above and rejoice together forever. 

Yea, my son, give diligence that you may be found of your 
Judge in peace, that though I should sleep with my fathers 
long before you, I may meet you, at last at the right hand of 
Christ (where I hope, through infinite grace, one day to ap- 
pear) that having given up our stewardships together with 
joy, we may ascend together to your Father and my Father, 
to your God and my God. 

To the Church and Congregation in this place, let me now 
turn myself, and speak a few words. 

My Brethren — As we pray that God's kingdom may come 
and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven, we cannot 
but rejoice at every prospect of it. 

You are worthy, my Brethren, of much commendation, that 
so soon after the settlement of this plantation, you have so 
diligently sought to have the public worship and ordinances of 
God settled among you. You have given us good reason to 
hope that you are now very sincerely asking of God a pastor 
after his own heart, who may feed you with knowledge and un- 
derstanding, and administer the ordinances of Christ among 
you. The happy harmony and unanimity which subsists 
among you seems to betoken no less. 

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sending unto yon : One who is now becoming a labourer to- 
gether with God, to carry on his work, his great work, in the 
world ; especially in this part of his husbandry. 

Do all you can to encourge his heart and to strengthen his 
hands in this great work. 

The best minister can do but little alone. Those therefore 
who are godly among you, and desire to have the work of the 
Lord prosper in his hands, must rise up with him against the 
evil doers, and stand up for him against the workers of ini- 
quity. 

I hope you will have a treasure in him ; but you must re- 
member you have it in an earthen vessel, which must be used 
tenderly, and is very liable to be dashed in pieces. You see 
he is a man ; and you must expect the weakness and the frail- 
ty of a man. And that indeed all must expect in their minis- 
ters. And it is better they should be men, with all the com- 
mon infirmities of men, than that they should be angels : (As 
would be easy to show were there time.) While therefore 
he is sincerely and faithfully doing the work of the Lord, do 
not despise him or neglect him ; but treat him with justice, kind- 
ness and respect. Yea consider that he is labouring* and watch- 
ing for your souls, as one that must give an account, and es- 
teem him very highly in love for his work sake : And be at 
at peace among yourselves. 

And above all, for his comfort and your happiness, see that 
you attend upon and profit by his ministry. Remember that 
all his success, under God, depends upon you. For yon, — 
you are the field and the fahrick he is to work upon. And 
you can't be made fruitful or built up without your own con- 
sent. You can't be made holy against your wills. For re- 
ligion, you all know, must be a voluntary thing or 't is noth- 
ing. If therefore he sows ever so good seed, even the pure 
word of God, yet if it falls by the way-side, or on stony ground, 
or among thorns, it will be unfruitful : for so it was when 
Christ himself preached. It was the good ground only that 
brought forth fruit ; and that very differently with the same 
seed; some thirty and some sixty and some an hundred fold. 
Take care therefore and not lay the fault to the seed, when it 
is in the ground : or to your minister, when it is in yourselves. 
See that the ground be good : — That is, — that you be pre- 
pared by meditation and prayer to receive the word. 

Thus, my Brethren, lend an hand and help him to build up 
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Let him be ever so skilful a workman, if he has not fit ma- 
terials in yon, it is impossible that the house of the Lord 
should be builded. Join therefore heart and hand with him, 
see to it that you are yourselves temples of the Holy Ghost, 
and then you will be the fittest materials for him to build up 
the church of God withal. 

And then may you hope that this little flock shall at length 
become a multitude of believers, till as the prophet beauti- 
fully expresses it — 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall 
be glad for them and the desart shall rejoice and blossom as a rose. 
Yea shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy arid sing- 
ing ; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of 
Carmel and Sharon : they shall see the glory of the Lord, and 
the excellency of our God.'' " 

THE CHARGE GIVEN BY THE REY. MR. WEBSTER. 

AS the office of the gospel ministry is sacred, and their work 
of infinite and everlasting importance, a solemn intro- 
duction thereunto is what we might expect to find part of the 
gospel plan,; And as it is allowed on all hands that men are 
best judges of their peers or equals, and especially of those of 
their own profession ; it might also be expected that ministers 
should be appointed thus solemnly to introduce ministers into 
office. And agreeably hereto we find the gospel ordinance 
in both these respects. 

We, therefore, the ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ, being 
now called of God to perform this solemn work, — 

In the name of God, and by authority given us by Jesus 
Christ, our Lord and yours — do now solemnly separate and 
ordain you, (SAMUEL WEBSTER) on whose head we now 
lay our hands, to the office and work of the gospel ministry, in 
the same order with ourselves, and as our fellow-labourer in 
the Lord's vineyard. 

And inasmuch as it hath pleased the great Lord of the 
harvest to give you a clear call to labor in this part of his 
heritage, where we are now assembled : we do also ordain 
you a Pastor of this church and flock, who have called you 
thereunto ; and in a particular manner, commit unto you the 
charge and oversight of them. 

And we hereby publicly and solemnly countenance, encour- 
age and authorize you to take upon you the whole work of a 
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To preach in his name, as one sent by him, — - To be the 
mouth of the assembly in prayer to God, — And in his name 
solmnly to bless them, — To administer his holy ordinances, 
baptism, and the Lord's Supper, — To preside in the Mouse of 
God, and in government of the church, in binding and losing, 
with the holy brethren, according to the laws of his kingdom : 
— And as you may be called thereunto, to ordain other meet 
persons to the same great and holy work and ministry : in 
order that the church of Christ may be supplied with able and 
faithful men, who may carry on the great affairs of his king- 
dom, till his second coming in power and great glory. 

This great and holy office, take thou not by constraint but 
willingly, not for filthy lucre or that, being advanced, you may 
be a Lord over God's heritage : but offer yourself willingly to 
serve the Lord and to advance his kingdom and glory : and to 
be the servant of men, that if possible you may save their 
souls. And now, dear son, — As our duty to God is, and in 
faithfulness to Christ, and in love to you, and to the church of 
God, and particularly from a tender affection to this flock of 
Christ, over which the Holy Ghost hath now made you a 
watchman and overseer — 

We most solemnly exhort and charge you, in the face of 
this great assembly, — in presence of the elect angels, who are 
doubtless witnesses of this solemn transaction, — before our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the faithful and true witness, — and before 
the great God who seeth all things, and will judge the quick 
and the dead ! — That you take heed unto yourself and unto 
all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seer ; and to your whole ministry, that you fulfil it, in the va- 
rious branches of it, with all fidelity : as you will answer it to 
your Judge in the clay of his appearing ! 

My Son, — Feed the flock of Christ : Peed them with whole- 
some, with substantial food. Feed the sheep ! - — Feed the 
lambs, as they can bear • carrying them gently in your arms. 
Feed all your flock with the sincere milk of the word, that they 
may be nourished, and grow thereby ; till they are fat and flour- 
ishing in the courts of our God. Remember that you are a min- 
ister of the word, — and give them the word of God and not 
your own ; his revelation, not your own reveries — his doctrines 
and commandments and not those of men. 

And press men's duty by the motives of the gospel and not 
those of your own invention. In a word — Endeavour as 
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tern of Christ's Sermon on the Mount, and those of his in- 
spired followers. Then, then, you cannot fail of preaching 
Christ aright ; and may hope to see the inheritance of the 
Lord fruitful ; and to build up his holy temple (i. e. the church) 
in the true faith and in all righteousness unto life eternal. 
And God forbid that you should cease to pray for them as 
well as shew them the good and the right way. Pray con- 
stantly and fervently for them, remembering that whoever 
plants or waters, the Lord giveth the increase. And bless the 
people with a sincere heart, full of fatherly affection, and fer- 
vent Christian love. While you bless with your mouth, let 
your heart wish them blessed indeed ! Administer his holy 
ordinances to all meet subjects with gravity and devotion, — 
with piety towards God and love to men: — Preside in the 
house of God with all meekness and lowliness, not as a Lord 
over God's heritage, but as a Father among his Children, or 
an elder Brother, among Brethren. And in the government 
and discipline of the church, do nothing by partiality, nor use 
or countenance rigor or severity ; but yet making a difference 
according to the difference of offenders; On some having 
peculiar compassion. And when you are called to separate 
others to the work of the ministry, see that you commit it, 
not to illiterate novices, not to immoral men, not to weak or 
unsteady men, not to rash and imprudent men : — but to able 
and faithful men, qualified according to the gospel ; whom you 
may hope will be ornaments and blessings to the church, when 
you sleep in the dust. 

Be a faithful watchman upon the walls, and give warning 
against the great adversary, and against all evil men, who like 
him go about seeking whom they may devour ; Give warning 
against every evil, against every danger. Give warning — 
whether they will hear or whether they will forbear ; and then 
thou hast delivered thine own soul. 

And my dear Son — That all your labour may not be lost, 
or in great measure lost at last — shew thyself a pattern of 
good works : Be an example to believers, in conversation, in 
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

Live your own counsels ; and go before your flock in all 
virtue and holiness, that you may be able to appeal to them 
(as the Apostle did) how holily and unblameably you have be- 
haved yourself among all them that believe. And then go on 
your own way rejoicing. 

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men. or even from good men ; But endure hardness as a good 
soldier of Jesus Christ : Looking to Jesus the author and finish- 
er of our faith (or rather the Captain, the leader, the prince, 
in this virtue, who carried it to perfection : ) Who for the joy 
that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, 
and is now set down on the right hand of the majesty in the 
heavens. 

If therefore you are called thereto, even take up your cross 
and follow Christ. For it is a true saying, that if you suffer 
with him, you shall also reign with him: If you overcome 
with him. you shall sit down with him, who overcame, on a 
throne of glory in the Kingdom of your Father. 

Dear Son, and now my Brother in the Lord, keep then that 
which is committed to thy trust until that day when the Son 
of man shall come in his own' glory, and in the glory of his 
Father, and all the holy angels with him, to render to every 
man according as his work shall be. And then shalt thou 
have praise of God, and honour before the whole assembly : 
And shalt hear the voice of the judge saying — "'Well done, 
good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." 

And if thou hast been eminently wise in thy day, thou shalt 
shine as the brightness of the firmament, and if thou hast 
turned many unto righteousness, thy lustre shall be as the 
stars forever and ever. 

Which God, of his infinite mercy, grant may be your lot 
and portion with us, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

And now finally — We bless you. in the name of the Father, 
Son and Holy Ghost. 

AXD LET ALL THE PEOPLE SAT AMEX." 

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Rabshakeh's Propofals 
Confidered, 

In a 

S E R M ® N, 

Delivered at Groton 

February 21, 1775, 

At the Desire of the Officers of the Companies of Minute 
Men in that Town, 

B Y 

Samuel Webster, A.M. 

Pastor of the Church at Temple, 
in New-Hampshire. 



BOSTON, Printed and Sold by Edes and Gill, in 
Queen-Street, 1775. ' 



A SERMON. 



2. Kings, xviii. 30-32. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust 
in the Lord, saying the Lord will surely deliver us, and this 
City shall not be delivered into the hand of the King of Assy- 
ria. Hearken not unto Hezekiah : For thus saith the King 
of Assyria-, make an agreement with me by a present, and come out 
to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one 
of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cis- 
tern: Until I come and take you away to a land like your own 
land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, 
a land of oyl-olive, and of honey, that ye may live and not die: 
And hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, say- 
ing the Lord ivill deliver us. 

Two ways, from the word of God, may we learn the mind 
of God and his counsel to us — either from what God enjoins 
or from what his people under such circumstances have prac- 
ticed, or by what Satan and his instruments would dissuade 
us from or persuade us to, — and by the last, often, with the 
same evidence as by the first; as Satan and his instruments, 
according to their measure of power and craft, are always 
engaged in endeavors to keep us from the right ways of the 
Lord, and lead us into evil ; and as, in proportion to the evil, 
they ever proportion their desires and endeavors to lead us 
into it. Satan is well pleased to throw Job into outward 
distresses ; but he would be more pleased if, by this means, 
he may conquer his virtue, and induce him to blaspheme his 
Maker, as far the greater evil. — In a word, as God is ever 
doing good and persuading us to obey and follow him, as the 
greatest good, so is Satan, and so, according to their measure, 
are Satan's instruments, doing us evil, and, "like Lions seeking 
whom they may devour," studying to keep us from God, and 
lead us, under various guises, to sin the greatest evil, and to 
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Thus, in the passage before us, does a servant of the King 
of Assyria, an eminent emblem of Lucifer, in obedience to 
his master, endeavor to lead the Jews to the greatest evil, 
even to cast off their trust in God and regard to his servants, 
and persuade them to a surrender of their earthly all to the 
mere will of his master. For this purpose he uses many 
bounding but unmeaning promises, and mixes with them the 
most imperious threatnings. 

He tells them that he comes from the great King of Assyria 

— boasts of what his master had done — and would persuade 
them that it would be no loss to them to submit — and that it 
was in vain to trust in either God or man for help against such a 
power. Hezekiah, a servant of God, and they that were with 
him, would persuade the Jews not to submit that tho' their 
enemies were indeed strong, yet the Lord was mightier — 
and that agreeable to his wanted righteousness and mercy, 
they might in a humble obedient regard to him, yet hope in 
the Lord. Satan therefore puts Rabshakeh on urging the 
little disadvantage and absolute necessity of submission and 
dissuading them from a trust in God, which he most dreaded, 
as knowing that their safety must chiefly depend on this. 

Let us consider, 

I. The nature and importance of a true trust in God — 
from which Rabshakeh would dissuade the Jews. 

II. The nature of the proposals which Rabshakeh makes 
to the Jews. 

III. The motives, addressed to their hopes and fears, by 
which he enforces these proposals. 

IV. The applicableness of this — to the temptations of 
Satan in general, or to the situation of this land in particular. 

I. Let us attempt some view of the nature and importance 
of a true trust in God — from which Rabshakeh would dis- 
suade the Jews. 

11 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart," saith true wisdom 

— trust in the Lord at all times, saith a servant of God; 
"Trust not in the Lord," saith an instrument of Satan. Both 
express its importance. God knows its entire suitableness, 
and therefore commends it. His servants know its worth, 
and therefore heartily recommend it. Satan is well apprised 
of the danger from it to his interest, and therefore does his 
utmost to prevent it. Its importance is sealed by the pains 
God takes to promote and secure this trust, in the display of 
divine power, wisdom, sufficiency and faithfulness, in the 
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of Satan, from his grand success with our first parents, through 
all the temptations he uses with the children of men — In all 
of which the success of his most dangerous attempts on man- 
kind have ever depended on his keeping out of view, or lead- 
ing the soul to distrust the divine power, wisdom, holiness, or 
sufficiency. 

If in addition to this we remember the blessed advantages 
of trusting in God — that "they that trust in the Lord shall 
be as Mount Zion," and on the other hand, the awful doom of 
the fearful and unbelieving ; it may well induce, even the care- 
less mind to enquire something about its nature, and dispose 
all to look to the foundation of their confidence. 

Let us employ a few thoughts on the general nature of 
trust — the distinguishing nature of trust in God — and the 
principal exercises of this trust. 

I. Let us think a little of the general nature of trust. — 'T is 
then a quieting regard to the ability, love, wisdom, or faithful- 
ness of any being ; exercising which, the soul so far rests as a 
building on its foundation. Or it is the expectation of some 
particular, general, or supreme good from the object on which 
the soul leans, as suitable to afford the expected support. 
'Tis then a reasonable and right confidence when only that 
is expected which the object, on which the soul, either par- 
tially or fully leans, is fitted to afford, by power, situation, or 
will, that which is expected. Thus, in animate things, we trust 
in a staff to support us. We trust in wholesome food to 
nourish us — we expect shelter from the rain in a sufficient 
house — a good crop from a fertile soil, and warmth, usually, 
from clothes. 

So in things animate, we expect, usually, labour from the 
ox ; swiftness from the horse. 

So in rational beings — we trust in the wise for direction 
— the faithful that they will speak the truth — the holy and 
righteous that they will set us a good example. — And in a 
degree, we always trust in the good, the faithful, the rich, the 
wise, for help, support, comfort, or needful counsel. 

Trust is thus allied to expectation ; but ever distinguished 
from it, in that we expect evil as well as good, but we never 
trust in any object for apprehended evil. Trust is also nearly 
related to_hope; but — ever distinguished from it, as seeing 
and travelling towards a firm rock are distinguished from lean- 
ing or standing, and depending upon the stability of that rock. 

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distance. Trust is delighting in, and leaning upon, and 
expecting the continuance of some good viewed as present. 
Expectation Shall be swallowed up; — hope exchanged; but 
trust in the supreme good shall ever remain with the holy. 

Trust may differ in degree, and in its objects ; but it has 
still the same general nature, even when there is much uncer- 
tainty; as in our regard to the testimony of a person of a 
doubtful character, so long as there is any expectation of that 
for which we trust in the object. — Then only does it quite 
vanish, when all the apprehended grounds of trust vanish — 
when the staff breaks — the rock sinks — the house is broken 
up — the harvest is quite blasted; — or, in general, when that 
comes which quite removes the ground of our trust; a case 
which the disciples were ready to think had happened, when 
after the death of Christ they say, " we trusted that it was 
he that should have delivered Israel." 

Thus far the trust in general. — With regard to the distin- 
guishing nature of trust in God, we observe — 'Tis an entire 
persuasion of the sufficiency of his power, wisdom, holiness, 
and goodness, which quiets, animates and regulates the soul, 
and warms it into a serene calm, and healthy exercise of all 
powers for God ; — or it is a regard to this glorious object 
according to its glorious nature. 

Of consequence there is a two fold foundation of a right 
holy trust in Gocl — the unchangeable glories of God — and 
a right relish in our hearts. 

The foundation in God is what God is and has done. LTere, 
assuredly, there is the most perfect foundation of trust. 

Do we expect that a rock will support us. " The Lord is a 
rock." His power formed and upholds the known and un- 
known worlds. Unshaken and secure in himself, though the 
weight of worlds lies on him, yet he supports them all with 
infinite ease, as the massy rock the little dust. 

Do we place confidence in the counsels and directions of 
the wise? Behold, — "the only wise God," compared with 
whom the knowledge and wisdom of men and angels is but 
folly. Does he counsel and direct us ? He cannot be mis- 
taken. Shall we not" trust to his counsels and rely on his 
directions ? Shall our hearts venture a single movement, as 
doubtful whether it is infinitely safest and best for us to 
depend, and absolutely rely on his determination of our end, 
business, path or happiness ? 

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not deceive us ? Shall we not, without wavering, trust that 
holy " God who cannot lie ? " 

Do we often trust much to and build much upon the goodness 
of a fellow creature ? Shall we not trust the goodness of the 
Father of the Universe; that he will do towards us all, that 
which is, on the whole best? Do we expect much from a 
spark of goodness ? Shall we not trust in goodness itself. 

Do we trust much to the steadfastness of some among our 
fellow creatures ? Shall we not intirely depend upon it that 
the unchangeable God will conduct like himself? 

But now of these, and all his infinite glories God has given fc 
and we may find complete evidence. His power crouds on 
our view in all we see and know, small and great. " The 
heavens proclaim his glory," as their almighty builder. And 
earth has as many voices as inhabitants, or even as spires of 
grass, or particles of dust ; to shout forth to every attentive 
ear " Lord God Almighty." His wisdom shines in all the 
harmony of creation. 

His goodness mildly but brightly beams forth in all the 
avenues for the objects of our senses — in all the pleasing 
engagements and discoveries of reason and imagination — in 
all the evil prevented and good bestowed. 

His Holiness shines in his law — is discovered by the 
awaken'd, and relish'd by the sanctified conscience. 

His unchangeableness is the result of his other glories — 
and is strongly mark'd in the ordinances of heaven, and 
attested by the steady laws of nature. 

His grace and promises are rich and large — in harmony 
with himself, and adopted to remove those dreadful bars that 
sin and guilt had thrown in the way. 

Thus is there a foundation in God, large and firm enough to 
secure the trust of all those whose hearts are prepared to see 
and acknowledge God. 

But tho' there is infinite reason in what God is and does, 
for entire trust in him ; yet, plainly, many " trust not in the 
living God." Many forget God, or, thro' pride of counte- 
nance will not seek him." Many have no conformity to his 
image, concern about his favour, or regard to his Son; or feel 
sensible opposition and aversion, directly opposite to trust. 
There must then be a belief of the divine Being and Perfec- 
tions. 

We may be supported by we know not what : But we can- 
not trust in that of which we have no knowledge. We often 
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mistake indeed, and in our trust in creatures generally, or uni- 
versally, rather; yet even here we trust in them as being suf- 
ficient ; and can no otherwise trust in anything, than as thus 
apprehended by us. 
Further, 

There must be also a satisfaction in these perfections. 

However grand and august our views of God's glories are ; 
yet we shall trust in them no otherwise than as we delight in 
them, or are pleased with them, either in themselves, or in 
some relation to us. But if, as is often the case, we trust in, 
or expect the continued exercise of the divine power and 
wisdom in confined respects, or for foreign reasons, as — 
upholding and directing the sun, rain, and all those things 
which are agreeable to us: yet this is rather a secondary 
trust; since, with our regard to these inferior objects, our 
trust ceases; — as we cease to regard a particular instru- 
ment when its use is gone. Such a secondary trust in God 
we may have, and often have, while a large view of the divine 
power and wisdom in upholding and governing, directing and 
enforcing, is painful to us. We trust no further than we 
are pleased with these glories. Even he that vainly thinks 
that these perfections shall be to his eternal benefit; yet 
he trusts not in them so long as he does not relish the 
direction of the divine wisdom, and dictates of the divine 
authority in the law of God. This has to his view no per- 
fect wisdom; and therefore he ever contrives some way to 
cast it aside. In order to this trust, an holy relish of soul is 
necessary. 

As this relish is not universal or natural to mankind, it is 
necessary, in order to trust in God, that we be " born again" 
— renewed in the temper of our hearts, or have a " new 
heart." We must be broken off from our vain confidence in 
the creature and ourselves — our own strength, wisdom, and 
righteousness. For as God looketh to the humble; so only the 
humble can look to God in the exercise of a holy trust. - So 
far as the heart fails of just views and sense of its own little- 
ness and loathsomeness, or of an holy relish for the divine 
glories ; so far must it fail of a right trust. 

As to the principal exercises and effects of this trust, we 
can hint but briefly. 

In general, — we say 

A true trust in God quiets the soul. " He that trusts in the 
Lord shall be as Mount Zion." So again, says the Psalmist, 
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trusting in the Lord." Though winds of fears and troubles 
blow, yet he is fixed by an holy trust on the rock of ages. 
a I am," says the Psalmist, " like a green oliye tree ; for I 
trust in thy word." As some trees are green in winter, so 
this trust will cause the soul to flourish even in the cold blasts 
of outward distress. — It prevents murmurings as its direct 
opposite. — It keeps us from crooked paths, as opposed to the 
wise and holy directions of God; in which we trust as best. 

This trust is exercised, principally and universally, in com- 
mittins: the soul and all its concerns to God for time and eter- 
nity — leaning on him as able and sufficient to uphold us. 

This is actively expressed in various ways. T is exercised 
in prayer. As saith the Psalmist, a Trust in the Lord at all 
times, pour out your hearts before him." It is directly 
expressed in praise ; in which the soul looks over, delights 
in, and rests upon the fulness of God. It is exercised in 
remembering past support, and in seeking future favours. It 
has much place in reading and studying the works and word 
of God — that we may know more of the glory, and learn 
the mind and will of God. 

Again. As we are sinners, this trust is exercised in gospel 
repentance and faith — in hating sin, lothing ourselves, and 
lying low before God; in all of which, so far as evangelical, 
the soul trusts in God, as being, directing, and doing all that 
which is right. In faith 't is directly exercised in trusting to 
a crucified risen Saviour, as the image of the Father, the gift 
of his love, in whom are displayed, and by whom are estab- 
lished all the declarations of the divine authority, wisdom, 
holiness, and love, in the works and law of God. Thus does 
this trust imply, and furnish the soul for the exercise of true 
love to God and his creatures. 

Of consequence Lastly — this trust shows forth in obe- 
dience to the commands of God. Why are any disobe- 
dient; when there is such infinite reason for obedience to 
God ? God declares the universal cause in the case of Israel 
— " She obeyed not my voice; She trusted not in the Lord.''' 
Do we trust in God? We just so far believe and feel the 
reality of his being, and the perfection and desirableness of 
his authority. Do we trust that God's directions are safe 
and best ? We are, just so far, impelled to walk in the paths, 
and use the methods and means — his authority and wisdom 
point out. 

This is, I think, some sketch of a true trust in God ; — that 
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well he might. For so far a? they trusted in God, they built 
on that which infinitely sunk his master. Did they trust in 
the divine power, as sufficient ? Where are his proud questions, 
"Who is your God, that he should deliver you out of the hand 
of my master? " Did they trust in divine wisdom? "Where 
are his and his master's crafty designs ? Did they trust in 
the divine righteousness and mercy, to vindicate their cause 
aeainst an unjust and cruel invader ? It sinks his master and 
himself into monsters, mere beasts of prey. Well might he 
then desire to prevent this trust, which effectually barrd all 
his proposals to them. 

Let us briefly view 

2. The nature of the proposals which Rabshakeh makes to 
the Jews. 

As he eagerly dissuades them from trusting God; so he 
warmly presses them to trust him and his master. 

He proposes then to the Jews to " make an agreement with 
him by a present." This is an easy way of ending a great diffi- 
culty — if the present be not too large. ■ — What sort of a pres- 
ent must this needs be that would satisfy him ? Assuredly, 
nothing short of an entire submission. Nothing short of pre- 
senting their estates to his will — to be used as he thought 
proper ; — their bodies to his service, and their religion to this 
regulation — so far. at least, as to acknowledge that there 
was no God like the King of Assyria. A present indeed 
this ! He is willing to compliment them so far, if they will 
make this entire submission, as to call it a present: — But 
have we not mistaken him ? would he be contented with no 
present short of this ? plainly, he would not. 'T is ever 
included in entire unreserved submission — tho' called by the 
soft name of a present. And. as very decisive evidence, we 
are just before informed that Hezekiah had given his master 
••' all the silver found in the house of the Lord, and in the 
treasures of the King's house." But this was not enough. 
Still the call is for & present — as long as there is anything left 
for a -present. For no present — they could send would answer : 
But they must "come out," and present it, and themselves 
along with it; or else it would never satisfy this horse-leech, 
crying, " give, give." 

Let us take notice, 

3. Of the motives, addressed to their hopes and fears, by 
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enforce such proposals as these. Rabshakeh has the reasons 
ready to assign. 

He tells them that if they will make an unreserved submis- 
sion — presenting- themselves and their all to him, — he will 
engage, and surely they may believe him, after he has prevailed 
on them to distrust God, — that he will present back again 
to them enough of their own for them to live comfortably up- 
on, and ensure to them the quiet enjoyment of it. They shall 
" eat," at least as long as his master in his wisdom thought 
best, " every man of his own vine, and every one of his 
fig tree, and drink every one the water of his cistern :" 
Which they were sensible, was the very manner in which their 
God used to speak of blessing them. — They should plant and 
sow, and have enough for their subsistence at harvest, and his 
word for their security from their enemies on all sides. They 
should enjoy all this in as great a degree, and as long, as the 
great King of Assyria thought best. And, surely, this must 
be safer for them, than to be left to their own strength in 
disposing of, and their own strength in defending themselves 
and substance. He engages that they shall be dressers of 
their own fields and vineyards — for a season; and that 
if the great King of Assyria thought best in his wisdom, after 
a time, to remove them to some other parts of his dominions, 
yet, he engages that they should be carried to a land as 
good as their own, and of the same kind; where they should 
enjoy all needful food, drink and cloathing in the cultivation 
of the country : And as this was all they could reasonably 
desire, their case must needs be far better to enjoy these under 
the security of such a wise, great, and good King as his master. 

Thus far, he addresses their hopes. But, now, to fasten, and 
give force to, the reasons for the proposed submission, — he 
attacks their fears, — and tells them that, if they will not sub- 
mit, die they must, and die they shall — that there was no way 
for them to preserve their lives — no way that they might 
" live and not die," but accepting his offers; — for neither God 
or man would or could defend them. — He makes the propo- 
sals in mere compassion to them, before he strikes the fatal 
blow; — which in the name, and armed with the strength of 
his master, he shall immediately deal out to them, unless they 
immediately comply with his just and merciful proposals. 
And now what will they do, " that he may give answer to him 
that sent him ? " Will they submit and live, and live com- 
fortably, or die miserably ? 
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4. The applicableness of this to the temptations of Satan, 
in general, — or the situation of this land in particular. 

As to the applicableness of this to the temptations of Sa- 
tan, in general, — — 

This is what Satan has always attempted, and that in which 
he has had dreadful success, to prevent trust in God. 

Thus did he attack, and thus, to the ruin of themselves and 
the whole family of mankind, did he succeed with our first 
parents. — From the nature and strictness of the command, 
arguing against the reality of it — " yea God hath said ye shall 
not cat of every tree of the garden:" — And from the sever- 
ity of the threatning, and the sensible, or imagined advan- 
tages of disobedience, pressing the conclusion, that the threat- 
ning was only a scarecrow; — "ye shall not surely die; for 
God doth know that in the day ye eat, your eyes shall be 
opened." In both, urging a distrust of the truth, faithfulness, 
wisdom, and goodness of God. — As if, though God would 
not be much displeased with their disobedience, yet he 
begrutch'd them the advantage they would gain by it. Thus 
has Satan conducted ever since. So long as he can keep out 
of view the power, presence, authority, wisdom, goodness, 
and holiness of God, or darken the soul's view and sense of 
them, so that they shall have on the mind only the force of 
doubtful conclusions; so long has he easy access to the soul 
— to unhinge it from all desires, and endeavours to obey God, 
and, on the contrary, lead it by hopes and fears addressed to 
all the common springs of the soul, to trample on the divine 
commands, and give the sinful heart flowing reins. A soul, 
uninfluenced by trust in God, Satan easily persuades that 
in the ways of sin it shall find earthly ease and pleasure, the 
only things of importance when, and so far as the soul dis- 
trusts God, — that in this way it may enjoy riches and honor, 
gratify the senses, and " fulfil the desires of the flesh and of 
the mind," and all without any disturbance or fear: or, that 
if any set of pleasures fail, others shall come to supply their 
places — that if the imagin'd pleasures of godliness fail, the 
pleasures of sin shall abound — far more to our relish — that 
if we are taken away, we shall, at least, enjoy ease, and may 
expect such good as suits us, if we survive death, so as to be 
capable of pain or pleasure. On the other hand, Satan per- 
suades the soul, void of trust in God, that if it will not 
hearken to the counsel of lusts, there is present death to all 
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enjoying the good our heart relishes — and that it were as 
well to die, as to be deprived of the pleasures of sin, and 
come under the restraints, and walk in the glooms of religion. 

In this, Satan ever succeeds just so far as he can introduce 
distrust of the truth, holiness, or in general of the perfections 
of God. 

So long as the soul firmly assents to the truth of God, and 
confides in his wisdom, and rests in his sufficiency, Satan finds 
no opening to introduce his temptations — here he must and 
does begin, and here, alas, he has melancholly success. 

As to the applicableness of this to the situation of this land 
in particular — We observe 

1. Here is a mighty claim of Rabshakeh, in the name of 
the King of Assyria, that they, the Jews, should agree with 
him, submit, and present their earthly all to him and his 
service. Whence is then his right to this ? It should seem 
that one of these three involves the best title that we can 
make out for him. — — - 

Either — that their father Abraham, from whom the Jews 
professed to descend, came from the land of Chaldea, and so 
was a subject of that empire; and of consequence they also, 
as descendants from him — or that not long before, under the 
reign of Ahaz, the Assyrian King had subdued the City of 
Damascus and Kingdom of Syria, a neighbouring power, which 
had long been a scourge to the Jews — or, if this evidence 
were not complete, that the King of Assyria had some hundred 
thousand men, ready to prove, at the point of the sword, the 
argument full and unanswerable. 

Thus the Parliament of Britain claim a right to us and ours 
in America — to do with us and ours as they shall think 'best, 
— with respect to life and property — all that which can come 
under the jurisdiction of any earthly power. They desire 
that we would agree with them in this,- — and make them a 
present of ourselves and our earthly all, to be disposed of as 
they shall judge proper. They desire that we should yield 
their right to this : Or, in their own language, they claim, and in- 
sist on our yielding it to them that, " of right, they have power 
to bind the people of these colonies by statutes in alt cases 
whatsoever:" And accordingly they are now attempting to 
enforce this claim. 

Whence now arises this right ? 

'T is urged, that our fathers came from Britain, a century or 
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here, they, and their posterity, to all generations, must and ought 
to remain so. Though it is observable that if there is any force 
in this, it is either in a great measure lost by our fathers com- 
ing directly from another country, Holland, where they had 
long lived as subjects — or else the argument will recoil on 
themselves, and oblige them to this entire submission to the 
inhabitants of Asia, from whence assuredly their fathers came. 
But instead of this, they attempt to enslave them as well as us. 

In addition to this, 'tis urged that Britain has defended 
and secured the Colonies — and lately conquered Canada, a 
neighbouring power, which has long been a scourge to us. 
For this service, without consulting us, they judge themselves 
entitled to the disposal of us, and our property. Although 
it might seem but fair, first to have stated their accounts, and 
desired ours, and proposed a fair reckoning, and then de- 
manded the balance, if any due. Instead of which, they make 
the charge, prove their own accounts, and proceed to an 
attachment of us and our property, without allowing any 
appeal from their decision — although we, as well as the Jews, 
and all mankind, should be unwilling for a pretended creditor 
to be both judge and executioner; and although much of 
their charge against us appear to us, and many among them- 
selves, either groundless or much too highland although no 
credit be allowed us in balance of that part of their account 
which is reasonable. If we ask, did Assyria conquer Ca- 
naan for Israel ? The answer is no. Ask again ; did Britain 
purchase or conquer America for our Fathers ? The plain an- 
swer is no, they did not. The same God that conducted Israel 
into the land of Canaan, conducted, and in his providence, made 
way for our Fathers. — Enquire further, did Britain defend 
these Colonies in their infancy ? The answer must still be no. 
But we are told, perhaps Britain would have defended us, if 
we had been attacked. We hear of no attempts to defend us 
in the only capital instance of designs against us. We are 
then informed these designs would have been multiplied and 
surely succeeded, had not fear of the power of Britain pre- 
vented. 'T is hard to prove or disapprove this article of charge 
against us — If allow'd — and Britain's claim in consequence; 
we arc indebted — as a flock of sheep to wolves, that have 
secured them by their bowlings, tho' without design, from 
foxes and small clogs, and then devour them for their pay — 
as, sure, no powers that would have attack'd us, w'ould have 
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best ? But however this be — we are desired to remember 
that, lately, Britain has conquered Canada. Tho' here, the 
argument of the Assyrian king seems to have the advantage ; 
as he conquered Damascus on some particular desires and 
submissions of Ahaz, and without any aid from him: whereas 
Britain conquered — with the fully proportioned help of Amer- 
ica, this Province in particular. Both agree in this — that 
both Assyria and Britain have retain'd the sovereignty and 
property to themselves. But, now, if from these two argu- 
ments, there is not a full conviction on our minds of our obli- 
gation to yield the point of right ; Britain, as well as Assyria, 
has another argument at hand, which she supposes must pro- 
duce conviction. She has and sends her fleets and armies to 
prove every part of the argument, which might seem other- 
wise to fail. 

This leads us to observe 

2. The correspondence in the motives, urged by each to 
inforce their claims. 

The offers made by Rab shaken are that, if the Jews will 
agree with him, and submit to him, and make him a present of 
their earthly all, themselves and substance, they shall, for a 
season at least, have a subsistence, with his security, by their 
labour on their own. 

Thus does Britain promise that, if we will part with the right, 
and peaceably submit — we shall, under such limits as they 
think fit, labour on our own, and enjoy as much of the fruit 
and benefit of our labour, as they shall see and judge best 

for us. If we will submit as dutiful servants, they mean 

not to starve us, but to allow us as much food and cloathing 
as they judge we need : And, sure, they can judge as well or 
better than we. As to what we can earn, over and above 
this, as to be sure we can make no good use of it, we may 
depend upon it that they will use it wisely, but we need not 
enquire how. Rabshakeh engages — till he sees fit, to come 
and remove them to some other part of the empire — as mas- 
ters, we know, may wisely employ their servants, now in one, 
now in another part of their estates, as they judge proper. 

Thus Britain begins to tell — of removing us from county 
to county, from province to province, or from America to 
Britain, as she sees best. 

Further, to enforce his proposals, Rabshakeh threatens, and 
produces his forces : and so does Britain. 
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Rabshakeh winds off with — "trust not in the Lord:' 7 
And Britain affects to despise our expectations of help from 
God or from man. 

In conclusion 

We may see what is right for us to do in the present day. 

The Jews submitted not' — and, in his own time and way 
the Lord delivered them. 

They trusted in God ; and so may we — opposing the power 
of God to Britain's force; his wisdom to their craft; his 
righteousness to their injustice. Thus may we trust in the 
Lord, and yet hope in his mercy. 

We hear not, indeed, how the Jews agreed in their refusals 
to submit. If, however, there were some, as generally in sim- 
ilar cases since, who were disposed to submit ; they were 
overruled in their false humility, or worse designs. 

May we then, prizing the gifts of heaven, feeling our own 
unworthiness of them, and knowing whence our effectual help 
must come, study to preserve them — neither proudly trust- 
ing in our own strength and deserts, or, lazily and falsely, 
pretending trust in God ; while we neglect the open paths 
his providence points out. 

In the 2d Chronicles 32d Chap. — where we have an account 
of this same affair, we are told that " Hezekiah and the peo- 
ple took counsel, and stopped the fountains of water without 
the city, and the brook that ran through the midst of the 
land." This was, doubtless, an inconvenience to themselves 
— to be obliged, for themselves and cattle, to depend on the 
walls within the city. But they chose to submit to it, as the 
lesser evil — willing for a season to deny themselves of things 
convenient, that they might preserve things necessary — willing 
to use probable means, while they depended on God to apply 
those which were effectual. Had they submitted, or neglected 
obvious means, under the pretence of trusting God; their 
trust would have contradicted itself. 

Thus may we learn to do likewise. Many things are not 
necessary for us. But it is necessary for us to obey the voice 
of that God who hath said, "if ye may be free use it rather." 

Let us then hearken to the voice of God — the calls of 
justice — the sighs of our land — the example of the wise and 
good — and in our respective spheres, endeavor to stop the 
waters that would please and strengthen the enemies of our 
souls, and of our country — the waters of contention, ungod- 
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trust in him, and tend to our own ruin. Let us endeavor to 
do that faithfully, whatever self-denial it cost us, which 
demands our concurrence. Let us put ourselves under the 
protection of the universal King, and trust in him that Rab- 
shakeh blasphemed, whose laws of justice, from the influence 
of designing men, Britain seems at present disposed to neglect. 

Peaceable measures of opposition, if possible, humanity will 
dictate. Such measures, to the satisfaction of every benevo- 
lent mind, are proposed by the late grand council of America, 
with the most desirable union — Measures which require but 
only self-denial, or conquering ourselves — Measures, however, 
I add, which will effectually try the virtue and wisdom of 
America — which suppose a degree of both, that selfish minds 
can hardly believe any capable of. Our enemies know, that 
if these measures can't be defeated, they must and will 
defeat them. The various arts of selfish craft, to persuade 
us of the unlawfulness, or impracticability of them, and to 
sow dissensions and jealousies among us, we have seen 
exerted, and may further expect. But we are not sure they 
will stop here. We have seen some attempts to intimidate 
us ; and hear many sounding threatenings. Troops, to the 
amount of thousands, stationed in the Capital of this Prov- 
ince ; the general of the army appointed Governor of the 
Province; armed forces sent to stop a legal town meeting — 
and called off, obviously, only for want of strength to secure 
a retreat ; a naval force in our principal Harbours ; batteries 
erected at the entrance of our Capital ; the loud noise of the 
enemies of their country, publishing for certain the speedy 
arrival of foreign troops, seconded by Canadians and Indians 
— in addition to the brutal threats of North that he would 
" lay America at his feet " — explain'd, by being taken out of 
the metaphor, to mean " obedience," without reserve "to the 
mother country/' or, in plainer english, to himself the minis- 
ter; — and this compared with the manifest readiness of the 
new Parliament to second, to the utmost of their power, the 
designs of the minister — scarce leave us even feeble hopes, 
but from the unsearchable ways of Providence, but that we 
must e'er long " hear the sound of the trumpet and the 
alarm of war, and of garments rolled in blood." From the 
virtue of the minister we can hope for nothing. To the 
utmost of his power we have reason to fear. From the vir- 
tue of a nation, so large a part of which have again sold them- 
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tion to sell their country and justice, we can expect but little. 
Luxury and selfishness, 'tis true, have their feelings. To those 
feelings, in our commercial plan, we mean to apply : But have 
little reason to think — the crafty minister will chuse to 
hazard the event, while master of the force of the nation. 
From foreign alliances, always precarious, and frequently 
mischievous, we have but little help to expect. Europe 
is, at length, again in peace. The sons of the north, the 
Russians, harden'd by frost and rugged living; experienced 
of late in a successful war; now at leisure; — we are threat- 
ned, — shall try further campaigns in the fields of America. 
Can the minister find means to pay them ; no doubt they may 
be procured. Ther sovereign is a tyrant — themselves slaves, 
— unacquainted with liberty, unless by distant rumours, or 
feelings of humanity — stifled in their birth by their slavish 
situation. Worthy executioners of ministerial justice. 

Shall we then be idle; when, under God, we must depend 
only on ourselves ? Duty to almighty God, who has commanded 
us "not to be the servants of men," forbids it. Benevolence 
to mankind, who, in opposition to the laws of nature and of 
God, are almost divided into the ignoble characters of tyrants 
and slaves, forbids it. Gratitude to the nation, that once 
'taught us how to prize freedom, forbids it. Justice to our 
Fathers, who so dearly purchased the blessings for us, forbids 
it. Justice to ourselves and unborn millions, forbids it. 

No doubt much is to be suffered, rather than enter on the 
horrors of war. But though the issue of war be ever doubtful : 
equal horrors of slavery are not doubtful. 

If just heaven should call us to the field; we know not yet 
all the enemies we shall have to encounter. We are told — 
they will be, mostly or all, regular troops. 

If large bodies act — 'tis plainly necessary that there 
should be some method in which they may act together. No 
doubt in this there may be and often is, as in clothing, mere 
finery distinct from use. But a steady series of facts prove, 
as well as the nature of the thing, that small comparative 
bodies of men, who know how to use their weapons, and act 
together, and support one another — have ever been, in a long 
contest, far superior to those who have rushed on, without 
anything but accidental support from one another. — Witness, 
among a multitude of other instances, the late success of a 
small part of the force of Britain, in the hands of the East 
India Company, against a people as numerous as the inhabi- 
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lately triumphed over the Turks, were, not long since in the 
largest numbers, the sport of the Swedes, their less numerous, 
but more expert neighbours. 

Perhaps the time necessary to attain the essentials, may not 
be long : but some attention and pains are surely necessary. 

I think then we have reason to be thankful that a spirit for 
military discipline prevails so far in this and the neighbouring 
Provinces. — 'T is pity there have been heats in any towns 
about the choice of Officers — we hear of none in this. There 
can be no rule in prudentials, where many are concern'd, but 
that the minority acquiesce. At this day 'tis particularly 
necessary. But I think we may safely say, that great diffi- 
culties have arisen where Officers have been appointed in the 
old channel. Prudent faithful men will, however, be very cau- 
tious how they make a jarr, where so much depends on union. 

Some, and we hear a large proportion in this town, have 
engaged, agreeable to the plan of the Provincial Council, to 
hold yourselves in particular readiness to act in the service 
of your Country. The friends and enemies of your Country 
are much interested in your conduct. 'T is to be hoped and 

expected that you will keep the grand question in view 

are Americans the slaves of Britons ? If they are, your con- 
duct with that of America, is Treason, Rebellion and all that 
sober men ought to avoid. If they are not — avoid this servi- 
tude, saith God — avoid it say justice, conscience and interest. 
Oppose it in the most effectual manner saith prudence. That 
we should be bound by them in all cases whatsoever, is the 
unbounded claim and steady pursuit of Briton. — They tell us 
of millions of masters — the single slave finds it difficult to 
serve one. — But they, and their assistants among us, who 
seem generally to expect to be drivers, or to be very much 
favour'd in their task, are all earnest to persuade us that we 
shall find the best of masters if we will submit. But this is 
but cold comfort, if true — I am told that the Negroes, when 
brought from Africa — have of ten, or generally greater prom- 
ises. 

My friends, I wish you, and your country wishes you calm- 
ness of judgment, and firmness in conduct. 

The times call for particular industry in acquiring necessary 
military skill. — You have chosen your Officers; — we hope 
you will pay them a decent and necessary respect — silence 
and attention, are, I think essentials, without which no orders 
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If you endeavor to equal the regulars in the exactness of 
their motions — none, I hope will attempt to equal or compare 
with them in prophaneness and tippling. The courage they 
hereby gain to destroy costly furniture, and abuse those that 
are sober, will scarcely prove them quite invincible. 

My friends, though I am not able to assure you of all the 
events of our present controversy — yet sure I am that you 
are called, in common with the rest of the world, to a contest 
in which you must conquer or die eternally — my highest 
warmest wish for you is, that you may put on the christian 
armour, " and fight the good fight of faith" — and then, if 
call'd to risk, or even lose your lives in the service of your 
country — you shall assuredly triumph — in 'death ye shall 
conquer — and, beyond the dark valley, in the service of that 
God whose exclusive prerogative it is to bind " in all cases 
whatsoever," — in a world where universal love is the univer- 
sal law, and vain ambition finds no admittance, — you shall 
enjoy the noblest freedom. 



finis. 



A 



SERMON 

DELIVERED AT TEMPLE, 
February 22, 1800, 
ON THE DEATH OF 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, 

LATE PRESIDENT, AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMIES 
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 

December 14, 1799, 
In the 68th year of his age. 



By NOAH MILES, A.M., 

Pastor of the Church in Temple. 



PUBLISHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE HEARERS. 



To which is prefixed an account of the Proceedings of the town on the 
Melancholy occafion. 



Printed by S. PRESTON, Amherst. 
1800. 



AT TEMPLE, FEBRUARY 22, 1800: 



BEING the Day recommended by Congrefs, to deplore the lofs of our 
departed friends: that great, good and patriotic man, General GEORGE 
WASHINGTON. The day being remarkably fine, the citizens univer- 
fally affembled, with each an infignia of mourning, agreeably to the folem- 
nities of the occflaon ; and formed a proceffion in the following order : 

All under 16 years of age, two deep, with their refpective fchool mailers 
at the head of each School, diftrict, or Clafs. 
General FRANCIS BLOOD, Marfhall. 
Mufic. 
Militia. 
Minifter. 
Deacons. 
Reprefentative. 
Civil Officers. 
Selectmen and Town Officers. 
Citizens. 

The Proceffion formed at Col. WHEELER'S Hall. The Mufic per- 
formed " Wamington's March," and the Militia marched with fupported 
arms to the dwelling-houfe of the Rev. NOAH MILES. 

On their return to the Meeting-Houfe, the Mufic performed the 
" Dead March, " and the Militia marched with their arms reverfed. A 
pertinent and ingenious Difcourfe was delivered by the Rev. NOAH 
MILES, paftor of the Church in faid town. To this, succeeded a folemn 
Dirge, appropriate to the gloomy fcene : which feemed to excite in the au- 
dience mingled emotions of gratitude and forrow. After which, various 
evolutions and firings were performed by the Militia : all of which were 
performed with great decency 7 regularity and good order. 



A SERMON. 



Deuteronomy xxxiv. 8. 
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab, 

thirty days. 

Bemoaning the loss of friends and benefactors — the loss 
of the deliverers and protectors of our nation and land, is 
both decent in itself, and warranted by scripture example. 

It has ever been the practice, time immemorial, whenever 
a prince, princess, or persons who had been friends and ben- 
efactors to the nation, or society to which they belonged, were 
removed by death, for the survivors to consecrate some time 
to lament, and to put on tokens of mourning. This practice we 
find observed, not only by the heathen world, but also by the 
most pious and godly. For when Sarah was dead, whose 
name signifies a princess, or a high mother, Abraham came to 
Hebron to mourn for her. When Jacob yielded up the ghost 
the Egyptians had such a sense of their loss (and well they 
might, for Jacob was the father of him, who had been their 
salvation under God in the time of famine, and an intercessor 
with God for them) they I say, made a mourning for him three 
score and ten days. Joseph made a mourning for his father seven 
days. When Aaron was dead, they mourned for him thirty days, 
even all the house of Israel. They wept for Moses in the plains of 
Moab thirty days. Though they were on a journey, and a toil- 
some one too, and had not arrived to their settled habitation j 
yet, they thought no time lost to pay some respect to those 
worthies. When David received the tidings of Jonathan's 
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death, who' was a valiant and friendly man, he says, I am dis- 
tressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou 
been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of 
women. When Jo siah 7 king of Judah, was slain, the good proph- 
et Jeremiah lamented him ; and all the singing men and singing 
women spake of Josiah in their lamentations; they felt the 
stroke; they were sensible of their great loss. When our 
blessed Lord came to the grave of Lazarus, he wept : a good 
man had fallen ; the little flock of Christ, then in the world, 
was deprived of one of its precious members. He, who needed 
not the praises of angels, or of men, to add any thing to him, 
shed tears. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made 
great lamentation over him. 

If pious and good men, heathen and saint, have lamented 
the loss of their friends and benefactors ; and even the Lord 
from Heaven ! Shall we be wanting ? Shall we be backward ? 
Shall we refuse to follow the example of the Lord of heaven 
and earth, the example of the pious and godly in all ages ? 
Shall we demean ourselves below heathens and pagans ? Yea, 
more brutish than the beasts which perish ? Be astonished, O 
ye heavens ! at this and horribly afraid, O earth ! God forbid. 
Surely reason we have to lament, this day, the loss of him, 
who, under G-od, wrought our deliverance, and established our 
peace, in the happy enjoyment of our rights. 

In pursuing our discourse, we shall notice two things. 
I. The loss we sustain. 

II. Such a loss calls for great lamentation. 
I. The loss we sustain. 

It is not my design, nor is it in my power, to give you a 
particular biographical history of the man, the loss of whom 
we are requested to deplore this day. A number of able 
men have handed to us some things respecting his excellent 
abilities and character : no doubt, but we shall have a more 
full and complete history of the man. But from what hath 
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convinced, that a great and good man hath fallen. No two 
characters did ever more coincide than Moses' and Wash- 
ington's. To draw their coincidences in character and for- 
tune, a worthy divine of late hath done it, and now in print; 
therefore, it is needless for me, in particular, to delineate, 
or to say all that might be said of the man. Yet, however, 
in order to know in some measure our loss, it is necessary 
that we have some acquaintance with his excellent abilities 
and qualifications. 

Perhaps very few, if any, ever exceeded him in every point. 
He was favored with as great abilities, and with as good 
qualifications, as any that have been in the world : the meek- 
ness of Moses, the uprightness and patience of Job, the wis- 
dom of Solomon, and the resolution of Nehemiah ; all these 
centered in Washington. When he was reviled, he reviled not 
again. He was patient under fatigue and want, and made 
but few complaints. He was politic in his plans and wise in 
the execution of them. He was resolute in opposing the 
Jannes and Jambres, the Sanhallats, the Tobiahs and Geshems of 
America, both foreign and domestic. He ever had the char- 
acter of faithful and true : an Eminent General, a man of war 
from his youth ; Yet, not delighting in human blood : but in 
justice and in defending the rights of mankind : a father to 
his country, and the deliverer of it from the paw of the lion and 
the bear, when as weak as the dove, and as feeble as the Iamb : 
an able and wise statesman : the giver of the American Con- 
stitution : the establisher of his country's peace, in the full 
enjoyment of its rights : a friend to literature, virtue, peace 
and good order : a professor of the gospel of Christ, with a 
great sense of divine providence, which all his writings abund- 
antly testify. He was one who feared God and eschewed evil ; 
given to hospitality : a lover of all men : never elated in pros- 
perity, nor depressed in adversity : ever ready to fly to his 
country's relief, and that in the most discouraging hour: ever 
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His character may be viewed as immaculate. No one, 
whether at home or abroad, was ever able to tarnish it. All 
their calumnies, had no more effect than the magicians' rods 
had with Moses'. The brightness of Washington was such 
they could not look steadfastly upon him. His face was like 
the face of an angel. His brightness would dispel all the dark- 
ness brought for his disadvantage, and cause it to flee away. 
The gates of hell never could prevail against him : but were 
forced to acknowledge, like the magicians of old, the finger of 
God is in this : let the people go. 

His abilities as a General and as a statesman have been 
acknowledged, both by friends and foes, citizens and foreign- 
ers. I would take notice of an instance or two : The late 
king of Prussia sent him a medal with this inscription : " From 
the oldest General in Europe, to the greatest General in the 
world." 

The honorable Charles J. Fox, one of the ablest states- 
men in Europe in the British House of Commons ('94) deliv- 
ered the following encomium upon General Washington: 
" Illustrious man ! deriving honor less from the splendor of 
his situation than from the dignity of his mind : before whom 
all borrowed greatness sinks into insignificance. I cannot in- 
deed," added Mr. Fox, "help admiring the wisdom and the 
fortune of this great man: — not that by the phrase fortune, 
I mean to derogate from his merit ; but notwithstanding his 
extraordinary talents and exalted integrity, it must be consid- 
ered as singularly fortunate, that he should have experienced 
a lot, which so seldom falls to the portion of humanity : and 
have passed through such a variety of scenes, without stain 
and without reproach. It must indeed create astonishment, 
that, placed in circumstances so critical, and filling for a series 
of time a station so conspicuous, his character should never 
once have been called in question ; — that he should in no 
one instance have been accused either of improper insolence, 
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It has been reserved for him to run the race of glory, with- 
out experiencing the smallest interruption to the brilliancy of 
his career. The breath of censure has not dared to impeach 
the purity of his conduct; nor the eye. of envy to raise its 
malignant glance to the elevation of his virtues. Such has 
been the transcendent merit and the unparalleled fate of this 
illustrious man." Thus he. 

This we all must attest to, who have had a knowledge of 
the day of Washington. His enemies never were suffered, 
nor able to crown him with a crown of thorns, nor to array 
him in a purple robe, with a mock sceptre in his hand : No, 
but by the grace of God, a diadem of glory, a robe of virtue, 
and a sceptre of justice and humanity, ever attended him. 
Surely, to be deprived of such a patriot, father and friend, 
must be a loss great indeed, and ought to excite in each of 
our breasts great sorrow and mourning. "Which brings me 

II. Such a loss calls for great lamentation. 

Here I shall give you the reasons why we should lament, 
when great and good men are removed from us by death, 

When great and good men are taken away from us, so much 
of the holy nature of God, as resided in them when with us, 
is now taken from the world. Those precious abilities, those 
excellent qualifications, gifts and graces, which they were 
wont to exercise for the promotion of the honor and glory of 
God, the peace and prosperity of the nation, with their pray- 
ers, have ceased. The nation, where they inhabited, had the 
profit of their abilities, gifts and graces : but now no more ! 
except only what is kept in remembrance, or upon record, of 
their holy and instructive words and examples. 

The loss of great and good men in a nation — men who 
have been patriots, deliverers and protectors of their nation 
and country, demands great lamentation. They mourned for 
Aaron the high priest, thirty clays, even all the house of Israel. 
They wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. And 
devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamen- 



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tation over him. And why are such to be lamented ? Because, 
thereby, a gap is made to let in the judgments of God upon 
the remnant that remains. It is said of Moses : Therefore he 
i. e. God, said, that he ivould destroy them, had not Moses, his 
chosen, stood before him in the breach lest he should destroy them. 
Lot was another such : he shielded wicked Sodom from the 
judgments of God: for God says to him, I cannot do any thing 
till thou art departed. When the Lord removes such excel- 
lent men, he thereby lays open a way to his vengeance. 
Hence, the death of great and good men is ominous of heavy 
judgments at hand. Says the prophet, The righteous perisheth 
and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are tahen away, 
none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to 
come. Yet, let us hope better things of our nation. However, 
this is a very great and potent argument for our lamentation, 
this day, for the loss of him, who was our father and friend. 

When the fathers and defenders of a nation are removed 
by death, the beauty of that nation is fallen; the nation looks 
not like itself. Wicked men are the blemishes of the people ; 
but good men, upright men, men of ability and integrity, are 
the beauty and glory of a nation. How desolate and melan- 
choly doth a family appear, when the kind husband, father and 
governor is removed. How much more so, a commonwealth, 
when a redeemer, father, protector and citizen is taken away. 
Take away good men from their country and nation, and what 
are they, but like a vineyard whose hedge is removed, and 
stone wall broken down ? 

The death of the fathers and defenders of our nation de- 
mands bitter lamentation ; because their virtuous walk, pious 
and wholesome words and examples are no more ; and thus a 
way for fraud and deceit, sin and iniquity, and every evil work, 
to spring forth. 

The time in which great and good men die, aggravates the 
loss. The day in which we live, is a day of dreadful war and 
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volve us in the same ; and we may feel that storm before it 
be over-blown. Thus, to have our General and defender taken 
from us at such a crisis, greatly augments the sorrow of those 
who remain ; and, that upon the following accounts : Great 
and good men are often taken away, when virtue and religion, 
when the spirit and power of godliness are upon the decline, 
when the love of many has become cold. Oft-times they are 
removed when virtuous and religious men are very few, when 
men of integrity and uprightness are hardly to be found, when 
men are full of intrigue and deceit, watching every opportunity 
to entrap. But we hope and trust that there are some crying 
with the Psalmist, Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth ; for 
the righteous fail from among the children of men. 

But that which most aggravates the loss, is this: when it 
comes in a time wherein the succession is in any measure hin- 
dered. In this case, the death of our political fathers and 
defenders is very painful. 

Lastly. The removal of great and good men is a just 
ground for lamentation. For, when we consider what influence 
our sins and iniquities have had upon the judgments of God, 
our unworthiness of great and good men, our unthankfulness 
for them, and non-improvement of the same, have provoked 
the Lord to remove them. Thus we see upon what reasons 
our sorrows are a debt due to the death of great and good 
men. 

APPLICATION. 

Here is reproof for three kinds of people : To those who 
are so impious that they are inwardly glad, when great and 
good men are taken away. They took no delight in them 
when living, and secretly rejoice when they are dead. But 
oh, that such men would consider their loss, and how exposed 
they are to the judgments of God. Says the prophet, Except 
the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should 
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Let the world think as they will of such men ; such men are 
the salt of the earth ; a wall between nations and destruction. 

Here is reproof for good men, who are too senseless, and 
too apt slightly to pass over such awful strokes of God. For 
this it was God reproved his ancient people, the Jews. The 
righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart ; and merciful men 
are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away 
from the evil to come. Such tremendous strokes of God's prov- 
idence, certainly call for a greater sense and mourning than is 
generally to be found in men. 

Such a stroke of God's providence as we have experienced, 
reproves even the very best of people. It is true, they lament, 
yet they do not lament it as they ought. They say such a 
worthy has fallen, the defender of our country and the estab- 
lisher of its peace ; but they do not lament as they ought, in 
prayer to the Lord God ; they do not cry as the Psalmist did, 
Help, Lord ! for the Godly man ceaseth ; help, Lord ! the rem- 
nant that is left ; help, Lord ! to repair the Breach made by death. 
Alas ! it is to be feared that the lamentations of the best of 
men are not as they should be. We may cry with the people 
of old, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horse- 
man thereof ! Washington — the great — the good — is dead ! 
He who erected the chariot for the American Israel, and 
formed the harness for the government thereof — is no more ! 
All his personal services are now at an end ! How is the 
mighty fallen ! Ye daughters of America, weep ye over Wash- 
ington, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights; who' 'put 
on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. And, while we drop a 
tear, or a sigh, for him, let us not forget other worthies who 
have gone before him ; worthies who were able generals and 
statesmen, and who were instrumental in bringing about a 
glorious peace to these United States. 

direction. 
Let us be humble before God, this day, for our sins, which 
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breaches brought and made upon us. Let us renounce the 
ways of sin, and embrace the ways of virtue and religion. 
Let us imitate those worthies, who have gone before us, and 
especially him, the loss of whom we are requested to deplore. 
Let us follow such so far as they followed Christ. Let us be 
humble for our ingratitude to God, for all his mercies, and 
our non-improvement and hearty acknowledgment of the 
same, when we had them in possession. 

Let us render praise to God for all the helps and favors 
which we have had and still enjoy. Particularly that he was 
pleased to raise up unto us such an able General and States- 
man, and to continue him till the rights of America were se- 
cured, and all things settled in peace, regularity and order ; 
that he was pleased to preserve his character inviolate. Let 
us rejoice in the goodness and grace of God, that there are 
some wrestling Jacobs and prevailing Israels yet left in the 
land. 

Let us be earnest in prayer to Almighty God, for a sancti- 
fied use and improvement of the dispensations of his provi- 
dence and grace. That he would guide our rulers, counsel 
our counsellors, and grant our Senators wisdom : that he would 
raise up, qualify and send forth unto us, faithful men j men, 
who shall rule in the fear of God j that Elishas may be found 
on whom the mantle of Elijah may fall ; that he would take 
of the spirit that was in Moses, and give unto Joshua. Let 
us cry earnestly unto God to save us from war and desolating 
judgments ; that the blessings of his throne and of his foot- 
stool may come upon us ; that human and divine instruction 
may increase ; that peace and good order among all denom- 
inations of men may prevail ; that he would take under his 
fatherly protection our nation and country, the constitution 
and several governments of the same ; that he would cause 
justice and judgment to run down as a river, and righteous- 
ness as an overflowing flood ; that he would bless us by sea 
and land, in our basket and store j that he would prosper our 
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ministers in foreign courts, and grant us favor in the eyes of 
all nations ; that he would put an end to war, and bring on 
the peaceable kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Once more. Moses, my servant, is dead ! Washington, my 
servant, is dead ! It becomes us to encourage Joshua. How ? 
By a strict observance of the constitution and laws of the 
land. In so doing we shall give life and vigor to the supreme 
magistrate and court, and likewise to the several branches of 
the same. This is not all ; but it will serve to keep out of 
sight such as would be our ruin. 

CONCLUSION. 

Let us remember that we are all mortal ; that no one is ex- 
empted from the stroke of death. High stations and rela- 
tions, riches and honor, power, wisdom and goodness cannot 
discharge from that war, or give unto God a ransom. The fath- 
ers, where are they ? And do the 'people live forever ? No. All 
must bow to the king of terrors. Let it become our chief 
concern, that we be ready to meet our God and Judge ; that 
we be ready to enter in through the gates into the city New Jeru- 
salem, where sickness and sorrow, death and sin, war and 
trouble, can never come ; and where tears shall be wiped from 
all eyes, and God shall be all in all. Amen. 



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Mr. Miles and the Deacon. Mr. Miles was regarded, on 
all hands, as a peace-maker : Dea. — — — , on the other hand, 
was very sensitive in certain directions, and rather intolerant 
of what he had any aversion to. 

The Deacon thought folks dressed too much, as a general 
thing, even on "week days," but especially on Sunday, when 
they came to church. " What are we coming toV he exclaim- 
ed to Mr. Miles, in the porch, one Sabbath morning, — ■ " what 
are we coming to ? what extravagance in dress ; what right, 
what Christian right have people to make such needless ex- 
penditures !" 

Mr. Miles looked down a moment and then good humoredly 
said to the Deacon, " Pray, turn round, Deacon, I want 
to see your coat." The Deacon did as requested. — "Why, 
Deacon, the tail is much too long; pray, cut off that extra 
flap ; — then here are two, — yes, four buttons on here ; what 
good do they? Extravagance! Deacon, rash and most unpar- 
donable extravagance !" The diaconal shrewdness saw the point 
of the joke and wisely forbore to pursue the subject of the 
conversation any farther. 

Mr. Miles and the Heathen. Mr. Miles preached a ser- 
mon one afternoon, on the subject of missions. At the close, 
he said, " My brethren, I must go away from you ; I feel it my 
duty, — I must carry these glad news of salvation to the dis- 
tant heathen. I hope again, indeed, to revisit these scenes, 
once more to dispense to you, my beloved brethren, the bless- 
ed consolations of the Gospel. Pray for me, my friends, that 
my mission may be successful, and that having well accomplish- 
ed what I have proposed to myself to do, I may return to you 
bringing the sheaves with me. Be not surprised, — I shall 
start on my mission, if Providence permits, to-morrow morning" 

His congregation were overwhelmed with astonishment and 
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Tears started in many eyes, and when he walked out into the 
porch, the deacons and elderly men crowded around him. 
As soon as he could make out to be heard through the show- 
er of desponding questions and exclamations that was poured 
upon him, he addressed his reply to one of the deacons, but 
loudly enough to be heard by all : " Do not be troubled, Deacon 

, I am only going on a mission to the 'part of 

Temple!" 

Mr. Miles and " Sleep." Sleeping in church is doubtless 
coeval with church architecture and the first sermons. The 
Rev. Sydney Smith ascribes it all to dull preaching, and goes so 
far as to call certain English edifices, with chimes of bells on 
them, by the name of " public dormitories." It is unfair to 
lay all this to the preaching. Country people, — farmers, who 
worked out of doors all the week, could hardly be expected 
to sit through a sermon of the ancient length, however elo- 
quent, without experiencing these somnific effects, which, 
every where else, would be sure to follow the physiological 
law. 

Mr. Miles bore his part of the common tribulation with 
great meekness. When his people slept, he mildly remon- 
strated ; commonly stopping short in the midst of his sermon 
and distinctly pronouncing these words, " Brethren, the sub- 
ject is of great importance ! I desire your prayerful and 
wakeful attention ! " This had the desired effect. 

It is appropriate enough to observe in this connection, that 
ever since the first landing, sleep has been victimized in Amer- 
ica. Indians, Witches, Frenchmen and English red-coats have 
all, in their turn, been sleep-wakers to the people of the coun- 
try, and, other things being equal, sleep has undoubtedly been 
a great deal sounder, for the last two centuries, in England 
than America. If we apply this fact to sleeping in church, we 
find that Sydney Smith's Englishmen outdo us, — somnolently. 

Dr. Crombie as Surgeon of the Regiment. When Dr. 
Crombie was appointed Surgeon of the Regiment, (see p. 
157,) he resolved that he would neither impose upon the pub- 
lic and the military by granting certificates of illness, inca- 
pacity, &c, to undeserving applicants, or himself be imposed 
upon by the false statements of such applicants. He was the 
more to be praised for this resolution, inasmuch as most of 
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accommodate applicants with certificates on the slightest pre- 
text, than to incur their odium. At one time, indeed, the sur- 
geon received a certain fee for his certificate ; then it was 
that the greatest abuse followed, for now and. then a doctor 
would be found, who, to receive the fee, was by no means 
slow in making out every body sick who wanted to be. Dr. 
Crombie improved, on his predecessors. 

One muster day, the Doctor was sitting at his open door, 
when he observed a man at some distance, running with great 
rapidity, toward his house. Having got within a stone's throw 
of the dwelling, the man suddenly checked his gait and com- 
menced limping. He arrived in this condition at the door, 
where the Doctor sat in his ordinary citizen's dress. The 
man was a stranger, a Mason man; the Doctor had never seen 
him nor he the Doctor before. Expecting to find the Sur- 
geon in military dress, the man had no idea who was before 
him, and asked Mr. Grombie if the Surgeon lived there, and 
if he was in the house ? " Yes," was the answer. " What 
sort of a man is he ? Can I get a certificate of him ? I don't 
like the Captain and thought I'd run up here before the roll 
was called, to see if I couldn't get one ! " " You ran up here, 
you're not lame then, eh ? " jocosely said the Doctor. " Oh, no, 
that'll do for an excuse, you know, as well as anything." 
" Well, I'll call him, but I advise you to stick to whatever you 
tell him first." " Yes I will," replied the man. 

Mr. Crombie stepped out and soon returned covered with 
his military badges. "' What would you have, sir, a certifi- 
cate?" Sly fox now turned silly sheep on recognizing the 
veritable man he had just been making his confidant and 
drawled out in agony, " Well, Doctor, will you give me one ? " 
" Yes, I'll certify that I verily believe you are the fastest run- 
ner in the whole Regiment ! " [Exeunt, the Doctor in smiles, 
the limper suddenly made whole.] 

An individual professing to have a very lame back, applied 
to him. On examination it appeared to Mr. Crombie that if 
the man was lame at all, it was morally and not physically ; 
but nevertheless the Doctor must have his ruse, his experiment 
tum cruris. Seth Blood and others were at work on a build- 
ing near by. Mr. Crombie asking permission to leave the 
room a moment, slipped over to the workmen, preconcerted 
one of his choice little arrangements, and shortly returned. 

No sooner settled down upon his chair, than in rushed 
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timber." The perfectly Kangaroo leap which Mr. Weak-back 
gave toward the door, the whirling speed wherewith he cross- 
ed the road, and, above all, that superior dorsal power which 
he displayed in heaving up the timber, possessed a charm 
which was all their own, — save, only, what belonged to the 
workmen and the Doctor, who were nearly convulsed with 
laughter. 

Dr. Crombib and Deacon . Dea. brought in his 

bill to Dr. Crombie for so many days' work with ox team, 
etc., also for u four ox-shoes" at so much apiece. " Why, I 
never had any ox-shoes of you, Dea. , you must be mis- 
taken ! " " No, certainly, but my oxen lost four while working 
for you ! " " Oh, that's it, is it ? well, here's your money ! " 
By and by it came Mr. Crombie's turn to present his bill. 
His last item was " Oue sleigh-pole" so much. " I never had a 
sleigh-pole of you ! " " No, certainly, but my horse fell over 
your wood-pile and broke the sleigh-pole when I visited your 
family ! Ox-shoes, Deacon, ox-shoes ! " 

In his intellectual pocket the good deacon put the joke, but 
drew the money from the pocket in his corduroy. 

Ensign Jonas Brown as a " Revolutioner." When Ensign 
Brown fought at Concord Bridge (p. 207) he received a severe 
wound in his shoulder from a musket-ball. On showing the 
wound to his mother, "Ah, Jonas," said she, "if it had gone 
a little more towards your neck, it would have killed you ! " 
" Oh yes, mother, but if it had gone a little further t'other 
way, H wouldn't touched me! " 

Ensign used to tell his boys, by way of summary of his 
revolutionary experience, " I had hot chocolate for breakfast, 
cold lead for dinner, and sore feet for supper ! " 

Gen. Francis Blood and the Horse Thieves. Two fel- 
lows had stolen horses from Temple, and Gen. Blood pursued 
them to Keene. Under some disguise, he managed to put up 
at the same hotel where they did, without their suspecting 
anything. So far, very good. He proposed to get up in the 
night, go dow i to the barn, identify the horses, and early in 
the morning arrest the culprits. All went on happily, till, on 
being shown to his room, he found it was the identical one 
which the thieves occupied, being furnished with three or four 
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lord after having once got into the room; accordingly, he 
resolved to make the best of it. The question was, how to 
get down to the barn without awakening their suspicion, for a 
thief must always sleep with one eye open. 

The season of the year favored the ruse he resolved upon. 
About midnight Mr. B. began to toss restlessly about upon 
his bed, and exhibit by sighs and groans all the symptoms of 
" cholera morbus." Having pursued this feint with most 
praiseworthy zeal until his fearful groans became so constant 
as to alarm the fellows for him, and extort from them expres- 
sions of sympathy, (which showed the imposition successful) 
he gathered himself up, gasping that he " must go down stairs 
and get some brandy." Avoiding, by this means, all suspicion, 
he succeeded in identifying the horses and arresting the crimi- 
nals. Stripped of its euphemisms, this story is a trifle richer 
than we here present it. 

Dea. John Cragin in the New Hampshire Convention. 
According to Esq. Stiles, Dea. John Cragin was a delegate 
to the New Hampshire Convention that was called to accept 
or reject the United States Constitution in 1788. Mr. Cragin 
was opposed to the Constitution on the ground that it in- 
cluded no religious test; so were many other members, but 
most of them, Mr. Cragin among the rest, finally voted in favor 
of accepting it, his objections having been overcome by the 
liberal arguments of the other side. 

Esq. Edwards and Lieut. Cummings. These two gentle- 
men kept up a pleasant controversy, for some time, as to 
which should have the best-looking farm, the most hay, the 
greatest crops of corn, &c. This was merely an anticipation 
of the agricultural fairs and prizes, and all that, which we 
have to-day. Quite refreshing is it to know that emulation 
had some edge to it then as well as now ; quite refreshing to 
find so far back the seed of our present agricultural cele- 
brations. 

Mr. Edwards had a barn full of hay, and a stack besides. 
Lieut. C, on learning the fact while absent from home, has- 
tened back and rallied his son in this wise, " Yoke the oxen, 
my son ! Edwards has got a stack, and I'll have one ! Back 
into the barn, load it on, and let 's have a stack as soon as 
you can, conveniently!" 11 Stack it is, then" responded the 
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dutiful, and in due time he had the hay out and stacked with 
elegance. 

Sad sequel, — as most always happens at the height of our 
joys and haystacks in this world. Mistress Misfortune, that 
most cruel, haggard and despicable old crone, stalked unscru- 
pulously by. All graminivorous animals vied with each other 
in cropping off the foundation of both stacks and social 
equality in stacks, until, no more being requisite to complete 
a cause for the last terrible effect, down toppled the once 
glorious old stack of emulation, covering up, to her own and 
all her sisters' dismay, the queenliest cow that walked the 
pasture. The cow was lost, maybe not the lesson. We sup- 
pose this is but one of many like stories in the text-books of 
our agricultural societies. 

Stowell and his Well. Among those who located near 
the old glass-house was a man by the name of Stowell, who 
was rather eccentric. There is a story told of his digging a 
well near the manufactory, and I suppose it must be the iden- 
tical well which is now visible (though filled with stones and 
rubbish of all sorts) about one rod south-west of the ruins. 
There were springs gushing out all over the surface of the 
ground where he began to dig, and the prospect was that he 
should find a copious supply, not over ten feet below surface, at 
the most. But he was doomed to failure and disappointment. 
Ten feet, twenty feet, thirty feet he dug; the earth was dryer 
than at the surface where he started. "Now" he said, " after 
all this work, cost what it may, I will dig till I find water ! " 
This he said, and other words, interjectional. In fact he went 
down with it eighty feet, but found no spring, no water. Hav- 
ing got so far, he came early in the morning to his "help," 
and discharged them to a man, "for," said he, "I have just 
descended to the bottom ; all was still above, but I thought 
I heard something underneath; then I put my ear down and 
listened ; I could hear people talking down there distinctly ! 
No, I have dug as far as I am a-going to ! If you want to go 
down there and break through, you can; I won't, and I won't 
pay you for going ! " And so he sent them all off and aban- 
doned the undertaking. Whether he thought this the best 
way to get out of his dilemma, or was really impressed in 
this manner, must be left to conjecture. Certain it is, that if 
this was the well south-west of the glass-house, two other 
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tribulation akin to Stowell's, in their vain attempts to find 
the bottom of it : for, if we must confess it. we will assert, 
that, animated only by a laudable desire to secure for the 
good of history whatever relics might be lodged in that 
Artesian, Dr. G-. and the author, on an afternoon of July, 
1859, haled, bailed, and dragged from its "insatiable maw" a 
small but perfect chaos of water, mud, boulders, and crockery. 
The work was commenced at noon, precisely, and in high 
feather; our descent toward the bowels of the earth was con- 
tinued unintermittingly "from noon till dewy eve,"' and we de- 
sisted only on hearing strange reverberations underneath, and 
a mystic voice, " If you want to go down there and break 
through, you can, but it won't pay!" 

Mr. Miles on Tythingmen. Mr. G- of Boston, heard 

Mr. Miles preach about forty-five years ago. He was dis- 
coursing on the remissness of tvthino'men. " • It used to be 
the case,' he continued, ' that Justices of the Peace were 
bound and did take notice of the drunkard and profane 
swearer, and prosecute them, but not so now. Our Justices 
can hear and see such things and pass by; and I am very much 
mistaken if they don't swear themselves.' As there were several 
Justices present, I feared lest such direct and personal attack 
would disturb them, but on looking round I saw no one was 
disturbed. These observations, made in such a plain manner, 
probably had a stronger and more lasting impression on my 
mind than the same ideas dressed in the most careful and 
polished manner or style." 

Maj. Ephraim Heald and the Indians. 1 " Just before the 
city of Quebec was taken by the English, Ephraim Heald, 
being then about 22 years of age, in company with two other 
young men, one named Whitney, the other Reed, went from 
Dunstable to Saco River, and thence to the Androscoggin, for 
the purpose of obtaining Indian scalps, for every one of which 
a prize or bounty of S1000 had been offered by the govern- 
ment. Just at nightfall they discovered a birch-bark canoe 
and a fire on the bank of the river. There were no Indians 
to be seen, but on the supposition they would return in the 
morning, they thought best to withdraw to the other side of 
the hill, and there remain until early the next day, when they 



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might be able to take them by surprise. Before day broke 
they made for the river, but by wrong calculations on their 
point of compass, they chanced to stumble on the river much 
sooner than they expected to, and instead of their discover- 
ing the Indians, the Indians discovered them, and fired. Whit- 
ney dropped dead, and Reed was wounded in the thigh. 
Heald fired and killed one Indian, when the other two took 
after him with their tomahawks. He ran down the river, and 
was gaining on them, when his farther progress was arrested 
by a deep rivulet which flowed into the river. Not being able 
to swim, he was obliged to turn back, and run the gauntlet 
of them both, so to speak. When he came in range between 
them, he struck his toe against a snag and fell, the Indians 
throwing their tomahawks just over his head. 

The Major sprang to his feet and ran around a hill while 
the Indians were picking up their tomahawks. He had time 
to load his piece and get behind a tree for protection. The 
Red-skins, on perceiving that he was sure to kill one of them 
if they followed up any closer, gave over the chase. 

Heald then started for Saco, which was two days' travel. 
The Amonoosac, a small stream, about forty rods in width, 
intervened. Here, again, not being able to swim, and there 
being no ford-way for several miles in either direction, he cut 
poles and withes and constructed a raft. But he had gotten 
only half way across when a sudden gale drove him back to 
land, his raft having come to pieces meantime, so that he was 
obliged to hold it together by dint of lying flat down upon it, 
thus making his hands and feet serve for withes. So he had to 
travel round after all ; for he dared not trust himself again to 
the treachery of withes and poles. He then returned to Dun- 
stable, in order to get assistance in his search for Reed. 

Fifteen men volunteered, and started off immediately. In 
a few days they came across his wigwam ; the noise of their 
footsteps in the leaves awoke him from the sleep he was in, 
and starting up, under the impression that Indians were upon 
him, he seized his gun. One of the company, also, under a 
false impression as to the character of Reed, supposing him, 
indeed, to be an Indian, fired at first sight, and mortally 
wounded him. He lived about two hours. The party also 
found the body of Whitney, and were thus afforded the melan- 
choly satisfaction of being enabled to bury them both in one 
grave. 

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on a merchant's and trapper's expedition to a place (now 
Concord,) on the Kennebec. He carried with him, rum, 
molasses, calico, &c, &c, to sell to the Indians. We have 
heretofore written of the Penobscots, a comparatively good 
and well-meaning tribe, — but we have now to relate what 
befell the Major from one Susup, who, with his brother John 
Hart and his father Sabbie, was a cold-country Indian, from 
far north, and very savage. This Susup came to the Major, 
one day, for some rum ; Mr. Heald refused him, as he had had 
some not long before. A gill was the Indian's dram, but 
Susup would have more. Becoming more and more angered, 
he at last seized his drinking-cup and threw it across the 
camp. He then caught the Major by the hair of his head and 
twisting it one way and the other, hoarsely whispered, 1 Me 
machiney you, good time ; ' (i. e., I will kill you when I have 
an opportunity.) By help of the other Indians, Mr. Heald 
released himself, and Susup went sulky away. 

Not long after, Susup's good squaw came to the Major, and 
whispered, confidentially, 1 Susup machiney you to-night ; don't 
you let Susup know me tell you ! ' 

The Indians being advised of his intention, hid all the guns, 
tomahawks, &c, in order that he might not be enabled to 
carry out his threat against the Major. But Susup was not to 
be diverted from his object. Betaking himself to the brook, 
he chose out a smoth round pebble, 1 about the size of a man's 
fist, and then returned to the camp. The camp was built of 
logs ; the door of 2-inch plank. Part way up the door, and 
on each side, was a hollow log ; in the hollows of the two logs, 
a stake was made to run and serve for a fastener. 

Through this door Susup endeavored to force himself. The 
Major went to the door and told him, calmly, that if he per- 
sisted in his attempts to break in, he would shoot him dead 
upon the threshold. But Susup kept at work, having more 
1 occupy J or rum, on board, probably, than he had caution. He 
was very strong, and finally succeeded in loosening one end of 
the stake so it came out of the hollow log, and allowed him 
just room enough to squeeze in sidewise. The Major now 
fired. The charge took effect in his shoulder, but the wound 
was not very serious, and accordingly Susup pressed on. The 
Major then attacked him with the breech of his gun. This he 
soon shivered in pieces, and now having only the barrel left, 

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he so pounded and pommeled poor Susup that he cried out, 
' You have killed me, Major ! ' and Mr. Heald believing that 
he really had killed him, or at any rate disenabled him to carry 
out any of his ' machiney-mg ' propensities, dragged him out 
and replaced the fastener in the hollow logs. Susup crawled 
off to his companions, and the Major retired to his bear-skin 
couch, to dream of Temple and his happy home. 

Next day Mr. Heald and others visited the Indian camp, 
where they found Susup alive, though hardly able to speak for 
the pommeling he had received. Sabbie said to the Major, 
1 John Hart and I will drink your heart's blood within six 
months ! ' Mr. Heald leveled his piece at him, on the instant, 
but concluded, almost as soon, that he would not fire upon 
him, and so lowered his gun. Sabbie laughing in his face, 
said, ' Me got very great heart, Major ! ' but, no doubt, secretly 
felt great respect for him. 

Susup survived, but never recovered his former health and 
elasticity. He was resolved to have revenge upon Mr. Heald. 
At one time he followed Ephraim, a son of the Major's, for 
three consecutive days, on a line of sable traps which he was 
tending for his father; but in consequence of snow coming 
on, Ephraim went directly in, so that Susup could not execute 
his design of killing him. Three or four years subsequent, 
Susup set out for Oldtown, the Indian settlement on Penob- 
scot river. On arriving at Bangor, he went on board a vessel 
and entreated them to give him some ' occupy.' They turned 
out a common dram, and one asked him if he wouldn't have 
some good stuff in it. ' Yes, me take some,' he said, and drank 
it hurriedly. He also took another dram which was poured 
out for his companion, on the latter's refusal to drink it. In 
a few hours he fell sick and died. Most of the Indians 
appeared to be very angry about it, and called on the captain 
to give up the man who had poisoned Susup, to be tried by 
their laws. The captain said to them, 1 Has he not been a 
bad Indian ? ' 1 Yes,' they replied, 1 he been very bad Indian ; 
he kill good many Indians, and good many white men ; 
he be very bad Indian, but we must take some notice 
of it.' 'Well,' said the captain, 'how much occupy shall I 
give you to say nothing about it ? ' 1 Four gallons,' was the 
answer, 1 and we will bury him, have a good pow-wow, and say 
nothing about it.' " 

District School in 1798. Nathaniel D. Gould, the ven- 
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steady hand with the youngest in Boston, the city of his resi- 
dence) writes us the following: 

" In the fall of the year 1798, I was invited to teach a 
school in what was called the Hale District, in the north 
part of the town. As I was but a little more than 16 years 
of age, the undertaking was not a trifling one. I not only 
had fears in regard to my qualifications, but the matter of 
governing a school looked rather dubious. I engaged, and 
must try. Some of the incidents of the term may not be un- 
profitable at the present day. When I look back and call to 
mind the trifliiig superficial qualifications then required, to be 
recommended as competent to teach, it seems like a dream. 
I have of late years attended the examination of some public 
schools, and found that classes, not the first, had more knowl- 
edge of education in general, than was required of teachers 
in that day. But I believe the foundation of an education 
whereon was to be built practical usefulness, was as thor- 
oughly laid in those days, as at present, so that those among 
scholars, who were disposed to improve by their own exer- 
tion, made thorough men. I entered the school, and found 
several of both sexes, older than myself. I, however, put on 
as much dignity as I could command, and determined that I 
would keep order or run, and succeeded in this respect better 
than fear expected, so that when the committee visited the 
school at the close, they talked satisfaction, which was suffi- 
cient for my purpose. 

I was not satisfied with my own competency to teach as I 
ought, particularly English Grammar; not that any one ques- 
tioned my directions and explanations, but was not always 
satisfied myself ; in fact, found afterward, that I was not cor- 
rect. It is comparatively easy to take an arithmetic, such as 
was used in those days, with questions and answers written, 
and by yourself find the answers prescribed ■ but when a 
scholar comes to you and wishes you to show him the ichjs 
and wherefores^ in the midst of a confused school, I presume 
others have resorted to the same method that I did. — to put 
them off for a time, and perhaps, like me, ponder and dream 
out the problem, and with apparent independence, explain read- 
ily to the pupil. The many incidents attending these ten weeks' 
labor, are of little consequence any farther than some lesson 
for after life may be learned, particularly by those who teach. 
One was, not to be hasty in attributing wrong motives, or in- 
tended disobedience. A young lady, older than myself, stood 



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up, as usual, in a class to spell. I saw she had a slate in her 
hand, and was intent in thought. Her word in turn to spell, was 
finger, (that finger I shall always remember.) She hesitated, 
and said, 1 1 don't know how to spell it.' I gave it to her 
again, and the same answer. I was disturbed, thinking it a 
wilful disobedience, and talked to her severely, and was inclined 
to punish her ; but seeing her look sorrowful, I desisted. I 
was afterwards satisfied by her declaration, many years after- 
ward, that at the moment, she was so absorbed in the ques- 
tion in arithmetic, that when I gave her the word to spell, 
she could not think of a letter. She was the oldest of a fam- 
ily of children that attended school. Some of their number 
are now living, and when I mention their Christian names, 
many will recognize them. They were Esther, Stephen, 
Leonard, Joseph, Isaiah, and Samuel, all of whom attended 
school. (I mention this as being rather a remarkable number 
from one family.) I well recollect one scholar that I feared 
more than any other, in grammar and arithmetic, because he 
followed me close, and asked me some close questions, and 
that was Nathaniel Howard, afterwards doctor and apothecary 
in Boston. The school closed in peace, and in it I learned 
many important lessons for afterlife." 

Joshua Todd. The following " Bacchanalian " was writ- 
ten (at our solicitation,) by William Arthur "Preston, Esq., of 
New Ipswich, N. H., in prospect of a levee to be held in Tem- 
ple, the proceeds whereof were to go toward engraving a 
likeness of Sir John Temple, for insertion in the history. 
Meantime the requisite funds were kindly furnished by Rev. 
Leonard Jewett, now of Hoilis, N. H., and the levee conse- 
quently was not had. 

The name of Mr. Todd, and not any known habits of his, 
suggested the general character of the piece. 

i. 

Old Joshua Todd was a man of might, 

When he girt himself for an Indian fight : 

And he scafhless dashed through the midst of his foes, 

With his battle-axe red as the tip of his nose. 

chorus : 

Then hail to Joshua Todd ! 

He rode o'er his foes rough-shod: 

We '11 add to his wreath our maiden posey, 

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II. 

He conquered the oak and the lordly pine, 
And trained in their place the clambering vine, 
While his rifle guarded the lovely plaiD, 
With its waving wealth of golden grain. 

A bumper to Joshua Todd ! 

He bowed to none but God! 

His sinewy arm, in the ages olden, 

Would have bravely fought for the Grail so golden. 

m. 

His drinking horn was of giant size. 

And the contents sparkledlike basilisk's eyes, 

And round its rim with his knife he dug 

The mystic inscription, " I. Todd, hys mugge." 

Nine cheers for that aged plug! 

One more for his jolly mug! 

The nectar of old was a mixture weaker 

Than the juice that flowed from Joshua's beaker. 

IV. 

The savage knew the source of the power 
That nerved Todd's arm "in the battle-hour, 
And stretched on the sand, when pierced to the quick, 
"I die." would he mutter, " of Todd— his Stick." (Toddy-stick.) 
Then pass once again the bowl; 
We '11 drink to that good old soul, 
Whose dauntless blood would ne'er dash quicker, 
Than after a draught of his famous liquor. 

v. . 

Todd and the savage have passed away, — 
And over their graves the school-boys play, — 
But his glorious liquor still remains, 
To heighten our joys, and to soothe our pains. 

Then drink to Joshua Todd ! 

His ashes lie 'neath the sod; 

But we '11 ne'er forget that good old body, 

Whose name still lives in his famous Toddy. 



Extracts from a Biographical Letter of David FisJc, a native of 
Temple, now residing in Oxford, N.Y. 

Temple was first settled by men of strong constitutions, 
many of whom possessed cultivated minds. Most prominent 
of those who died before my remembrance were Rev. Samuel 
"Webster, Dr. S. Durkee, two Searleses, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Shel- 
den,Mr. Felt, and some others. It was probably owing to the 
temperate habits of the early settlers that most of them lived 
to advanced ages. There was little or no aristocracy among 
them, they being on a very equal footing as regarded property. 
Gen. Blood, Lt. Whiting and Lt. Gummings, were the richest 
men. They were very precise in the duties of the sanctuary ; 
those living at the base of the northern mountains were con- 
stantly at meeting. The widow of Eldad Spofford told me 
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that she took more comfort in the old church than she did in 
the new one, as the people grew proud and laid aside their 
clean linen and leather aprons, and put on more costly apparel. 
Some of the men wore the same fashioned costume as their 
fathers. Methinks I can see old Mr. Pearsons wending his 
way with feeble tread to church, with his three-cornered hat, „ 
small clothes, silver shoe and knee buckles, wig, &c. 

No one was ever hung in Temple for witchcraft, but some 
were very credulous in regard to witches, haunted nouses, and 
the like. I visited an old man the last time I was there, who 
had suffered much on account of his wife's being a witch : he 
was a man I highly esteemed. The first bass-viol that was 
carried into Temple meeting-house threw the congregation 
into utter confusion, and Gen. Blood had to call loudly to 
order. 

Dea. Samuel Howard was a fine specimen of the Puritans: 
he was able and wise in council, a beautiful penman, and for 
many years town clerk and first selectman. Gen. Blood pos- 
sessed more legal knowledge : he was very shrewd, and seldom 
failed of carrying his points. To him Temple was indebted 
for her enlarged boundaries, and much of her former pros- 
perity. Though possessed of much wealth, he spent his last 
days in a very abject manner, denying himself most of the 
comforts of life. Esq. Edwards was a man who possessed 
fine business capacities, and was more acquainted with men 
than any other man in town. He was one of the most fluent 
and dignified chairmen at a town-meeting that I ever saw : 
he represented Temple in the State Legislature many years. 
His house was the resort of strangers of distinction, and he 
exerted more influence than any of his neighbors. He be- 
came involved, lost his beautiful home, and had little of the 
things of this world to cheer him in his old age. Capt. Elias 
Boynton was very passionately fond of reading, had a strong 
memory, and was a good historian. 

As far back as I can remember the houses in Temple were 
pretty well filled with young men and women. Many of the 
latter were called handsome : they were exceedingly fond of 
fun and frolic, and perhaps no community of young people 
ever enjoyed more uninterrupted earthly pleasure than did 
they. I can well remember the singing schools, dancing 
schools and balls that brought these familiar faces together. 
The young men of Temple were generous even to a fault, and 
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virtuous, and of sensitive and tender feelings. I well remem- 
ber the death of John Patterson, a youth of much promise : 
there was a general wail for the dead. The funeral took 
place on a very inclement day in winter, and was attended by 
the young people from all parts of the town. Circumstances 
lead me to believe that many never forgot that sad bereave- 
ment. 

Of those who obtained a liberal education, Sol. P. Miles 
was very prominent. As a classical scholar he had but few 
equals. He was becoming one of the first literary men in Bos- 
ton, and, had he lived, it is not too much to say, he would now 
have been classed among them. Addison Searle was a man of 
a noble aspect, an eloquent and popular preacher : he has 
long since gone to his reward. Daniel Searle, his father, was 
one of the oldest of the second generation of men in Temple. 
He was a practical surveyor and a school teacher ; the scholars 
stood in much fear of him, knowing their destiny if they dis- 
obeyed. He was equally master in his own household ; his 
children loved while they stood in awe of him. I never saw 
him idle away a moment in places of public resort. In all 
his business relations he was prompt, honorable, and success- 
ful. He was a man of an ardent temperament, and possessed 
a highly cultivated mind. He was more liberal in his reli- 
gious views than in anything else. His large capacity enabled 
him to fill the various offices he sustained with dignity and 
honor. But at his own fireside his talents shone brightest ; 
he gave much instruction to his family, which was a very 
interesting one, and some of them afterward occupied high 
positions in society. 

Dr. James Crombie was tall and prepossessing in appear- 
ance, highly intellectual, ingenious, and of a "go-a-head" 
disposition. He won the respect of all who knew him. I 
often think him the best horseman I ever saw; he was an 
elegant penman and a fine limner. In 1820, Dr. Crombie 
moved to Francestown. I have every reason to believe that 
he afterward deeply regretted that he did not remain in 
Temple. 

Lettees of Mr. Miles and Mr. Wm. Hall. — The two 
letters which we give below were directed to the " Selectmen 
of Temple." After a sleep of more than seventy years, in 
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" Deesden, Dec. 21, 1781. 

Gentlemen : I received your kind letter by Mr. Wheeler, 
and was very sorry to hear that my letters had failed. I 
acknowledge that I expected to have seenyou before now, but 
the circumstances of my family have been such that it has 
been rendered difficult to perform the desires and intentions 
of my heart. 

I propose by the leave Of Providence, to visit Temple week 
after next. I wish you grace, mercy and peace, through God 
the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, and the sweet com- 
munion of the Holy Ghost. 

From Your Very Humble Servant, 

N. Miles." 

" Gentlemen : I suppose you remember that I preached 
with you two Sabbaths a year ago last March, for which 
service I have received no pay as yet. The same sum which 
you give to others for the like service, will fully satisfy me ; 
which, if you will send to my house at Salem, in this State, or 
to Mr. James Woodberry, Inholder in Amherst, you will 
greatly oblige Yours, 

Wm. Hall." 

Dated, Amherst, Sept. 24, 1782. 

We here print the " Table of Prices " referred to on p. 83 ; 
of this book, with the exception of what is there quoted. 

STATE OP NEW HAMPSHIRE : 

Hillsborough Co., ) 
Temple, July 2d, 1777. J 

We, the subscribers, (Being chosen a coram" By the Town 
of Temple afors d , to affix Prices to y e following articles agree- 
able to an Act of this State) do agree that y e following arti- 
cles shall not exceed the price Set Down against them, viz : 

Good merchantable Wheat 7s 6 p r Bushel. 

Good merchantable Indian Corn at 3s 8 p r Bushel. 

Good Pease 6s p r Bushel. Good Beans at 6s p r Bushel. 

Good merchantable Rye at 4s 8 p r Bushel. 

Good Potatoes in y e fall of y e year, at Is 4 & in y e Spring, 
Is 8 p r Bushel. 

Good Cheese at 6 d p r lb. Good Butter at 10 d p r lb. 

Pork under 7 score at 4 d p r lb. Pork from 7 score to 10 
at 4 d i pr lb. Pork from 10 to 12 score, 4 d J. Pork above 
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Beef Grass-fed- of y e best quallity at 3 d p r lb. And so in 
proportion for Stall-fed Beef. Likewise for Beef of an infe- 
rior quallity. Good Tried Tallow at 7 d pr lb. Good Mutton 
in Proportion to Beef. Yeal at 3 d pr lb. Raw Hides at 3 d 
p r lb. Live Shoats in ye fall of ye year at 3 d p r lb. 

Good merchantable Oats at 2s p r Bushel. 

A Horse keeping one night on Hay Is. : for a night By 
Grass in good feed, 10 d . 

And 4 d for two quarts of oats. For Lodging a man one 
night 4 d . 

Oxen. For keeping a pair of oxen one night on Hay at 
Is 4, and by Grass at Ten pence. Brandy mixt or clear, Is 
p r pint. 

Flax. Good Flax well Dress'd at Is 2 pr lb. 
Wool. Good Sheep's wool 2s 2 pr lb. Good English Hay 
2s p r Hundred. 

Labour. A man for mowing or Keeping a Day in ye Seas'n 
thereof at 3s 4, and finding Scythe when a Scythe is wanting. 
And after ye Season of hay and Keeping is over till ye Last of 
Sept., 2s 8 pr Day. 

And from ye first of October till ye Last of Nov 2 ", 2s 2 p r 
Day. The three Winter months at Is 8 pr Day. March & 
April 2s 2 p r Day. And from ye first of May to hay time at 
2s 8 pr Day. For A Pair of oxen to work in y e winter Is 6 
p r Day. In the Spring at 2s. The rest of y e year at Is 8 
p r Day." 

Women's work. A maid for one week's work at 2s 8. And 
for Nursing, as much more as usual. For Weaving tow Cloth 
yard wide at 4 d p r yard. And other Wooling Cloths in y r Pro- 
portion according to weadths & qualities. 

Horse. For a horse 2 d p r mile when lent. 

For shoeing a Horse Round, without Steeling, at 6s. And 
for setting one pair of shoes on a horse 8 d . 

Pasturing. For Pasturing a pair of Oxen in a good Pas- 
ture, .2s 8 p r week. 

For Pasturing a Cow a week, 10 d p r week ; and other Crea- 
tures in proportion. 

For Pasturing a Horse Is 8 p r week. For an old Sheep at 
2 d p r week, and for a Lamb l d ^. A Pair is Three pence one 
farthing in good feed p r week. 

Carpenters & joyners at 3s 8 p r Day, from y e first Day of 
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For making men's or women's shoes, the owner finding 
Leather & Thread at 3s 5 p r pair ; and other Shoes in Pro- 
portion. Men's Shoes of ye Common sort at 8s pr Pair. 
And other Shoes in that Proportion. 

For Sawing Boards 10s p r Thousand. Good Merchantable 
White Pine Boards at ye Mill 27s p r Thousand, & other 
Boards accordingly as usual. Good Cyder 5 d p r Mug till new 
comes. New Cyder till Jan'y at 3 d p r quart & after that 
4 d y e rest of y e year. 



Nath l Ball, 
Zech h Emery, 
Aaron Felt, 
Ephr m Brown, ) 
Benj a Cragin, 
Francis Blood, 
Cap t Gershom Drury ?> 



y Committee. 



CENSUS OF 1850. 



This census was copied from the one deposited in the Court 
House at Amherst. The orthography as we give it, however 
poor, is by no means so bad as that of the original document. 
The families are recorded in the order of visitation, and the 
name of every person whose usual place of abode, on the first 
day of June, 1850. was in a particular family, is included 
therein. 



Hirarn Chapman. . 
Azubah Chapman. 
James H. Walton . 
James Walton .... 
Sarah Walton 
Elisabeth Walton. 
Hepzubah Walton 

Daniel Gould 

Jonathan Stone . . . 

Lydia Stone 

Samuel E. Stone. . 
Dorcas L. Stone. . 
John B. Wood . . . 

Mary Wood 

Sarah A. Wood . . , 
John A. Wood 
George W. Wood . 
Laura H. Wood . . , 
Mary J. Wood 
Samuel A. Wood. 
James M. Wood. . 
Emilv F. Wood. . 

Elisha Child- 

Martha Childs 

Patty Childs 

James Childs 

Mary Childs 

Xahurn A. Childs. 
Josiah F. Ywlson. 
Dantbrth Farrar. . 

Mary Farrar 

Caroline Farrar . . 
Sarah J. Farrar . . 
Ellen C. Farrar. . 
Gideon Silver 



Age. Place of 
Birth. 

.50. Mass. 
.48. N.H. 
.31. N.H. 

.90. M^ss. 

. 73. MhSS. 

.88. Ma»s. 
.80. N.H. 
.12. XII. 
.50. N.H. 
.52. Mass. 
.10. N.H. 
12/N.H. 



N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
9. Mass. 
6. N.H. 
4. N.H. 
1. N.H. 
\2. Mass. 
T. N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 



.52. 
.47. 
,51. 
.21. 
.15. 
.39. 

.10. 

. 1. 



Mahitable Farrar. . . 

Betsev Biood 

Otis Hale 

Eli B. Heald 

Susannah Heald 

Alvah Heald 

Viola Heald 

Walter Heald 

Orren Heald 

Lois Heald 

Sarah Heald 

Jonathan Spaulding. 
Lvdia Spaulding. . . . 

Alfred Heald 

Sarah Upham 

Lucy Heald 

Joshua Fester. 

Mary Foster 

Emily Foster 

Hannah Foster 

Oliver Foster 

Eugene Foster 

Xathan Fisk 

Sally Fisk 

Rhoda Fisk 

Augustus Fisk 

Jo>eph Fisk 

George Fisk 

Nathan Avery 

Sarah Avery 

Sarah A. Avery. . . . 
Nathan A. Avery. . . 
Frances Avery. 
Mary C. Avery 
Susan Averv 



Age. Place of 
.birth. 



344 



CENSUS. 



Name. Age 

Joseph F. Avery 1 

George Derbyshire 65 

Mary Hodkins 36 

George H. Hodkins 7, 

George Derbyshire 10. 

Thomas Earn 18. 

Isaac Giddings 46, 

Esther Giddings 34, 

Isaac Giddings 18, 

Mary A. Giddings 16, 

Putnam Giddings 13, 

Joseph Killam 86. 

Sarah Killam 66. 

Augustus Cragin 48. 

Almira Cragin 44. 

Almira Cragin 18. 

Julia A. Cragin 15. 

Daniel Cragin 13. 

Esther Cragin 11. 

Mary Cragin 9. 

Sarah Cragin 7. 

Joseph Cragin 4. 

Nathan Cragin 3. 

George Cragin T 6 ^. 

Francis Cragin 75. 

Sarah Cragin 74. 

Theodore Barker 41. 

Rachel Barker 42. 

Theodore Barker 15. 

George F. Barker 10. 

Artimas O. Barker 6. 

Elizabeth Barker 79. 

Joseph Horton 46. 

Dorothy Horton 46. 

Wallace Horton 9. 

Rosanna Horton 8. 

John Giddings 48. 

Eliza Giddings 48. 

John H. Giddings . . . 18. 

Mary A. Giddings 15. 

Caroline L. Giddings 13. 

Hannah M. Giddings 10. 

Mary Giddings 74. 

Joseph Fields 60. 

Lucinda Fields 51. 

Mary Whiting 28. 

Hepzibah Farrar 53. 

Simon B. Farrar 26. 

Emeline Farrar 25. 

Moses Cram 11. 

Benjamin Whiting 61. 

Rebecca Whiting 58. 

Francis Whiting 38. 

Eliza B. Whiting 29. 



, Place of 
Birth. 

N.H. 
Eng. 
Eng. 
Mass. 
Eng. 
Ire. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
. N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
NH. 
N.H. 
NH. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
N.H. 
NH. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 



Benjamin J. Swinen. 
Thomas Hodkins 

James Gould 

Elisha Carking 

Emily Blood. f. 
George Whiting .... 
Ruth D. Whiting. .. . 

Jesse P. Searl 

James Heald 

Maria Heald 

Lavina M. Heald. . . . 
Angeline Heald 

James D. Heald 

Brooks M. Heald . . . 

Sarah E. Heald 

Almira S. Heald .... 
Frances E. Heald . . . 

Sarah Heald 

Josiah Heald , 

Sarah M. Heald 

Bradley Heald 

William E. Heald... 

Mary J. Hinds 

Abigail Heald 

Joseph Kendall 

Mahetable Kendall . . 

Jacob Kendall , 

Joseph Kendall 

Hannah M. Kendall. . 

John W. Keyes , 

Sarah* L. Keyes 

Hannah Kendall 

Elias Boynton 

Mary Boynton 

Julia Cragin 

Mark Hadley 

Francis D. Johnson. . 

James Killam 

Sarah H. Killam 

Rodney A. Killam. . . 
Elizabeth M. Killam. . 

James O. Killam 

Oliver W. Boynton . . 

Olive Boynton 

George W. Boynton. 
Charles W. Boynton. 
William W. Boynton. 
John G. Boynton. . . . 
Mariana Boynton. . . . 

Betsey Boynton 

Louisa Holt 

Harvey C. Hadley . . . 
William E. Rockwood 
Abigail Rockwood 



Age. Place of 
Birth. 

.22. N.H. 
...24. Eng. 
...19. N.H. 
. . .15. Mass. 
...17. N.H. 
...34. N.H. 
... .33. N.H. 
...15. N.H. 
...51. N.H. 
. . .46. N.H. 
...24. N.H. 
.. .22. N.H. 
...20. N.H. 
...17. N.H. 
...14. N.H. 



. . .11. 
...6. 
... 75. 
. . .36. 
. . .32. 



N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
14. N.H. 
11. N.H. 
N.H. 

Me. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 



.25 
.50 
.43 
.43 
. 4 



. 2. N.H. 
. T V N.H. 
.16. N.H. 
.13. N.H. 
.71. N.H. 
.68. N.H. 
.68. Mass. 
.15. N.H. 
.56. N.H. 
.56. Mass. 



. .51. 
. .51. 
. .21. 



N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
.. 8. N.H. 
. .19. N.H. 
..43. N.H. 
..39. N.H. 
. .18. N.H. 
. .14. N.H. 
. . 9. N.H. 



...6 
. . . 1. 
.. .89. 
. . .15. 
. . .23. 



N.H. 
N.H. 

Mass. . 
N.H. 
N.H. 



... 70. N.H. 
...69. N.H. 



CENSUS. 



345 



Name. Age. Place of 

Birth. 

Elizabeth Rockwood 31. N.H. 

Samuel Lovejoy 44. N.H. 

Sally Lovejoy 48. N.H. 

Charles Lovejoy 16. N.H. 

David Lovejoy 9. N.H. 

Joseph Holt 36. N.H. 

Eveline Holt 33. N.H. 

Freeman Holt 14. N.H. 

Lewis Holt 11. N.H. 

Adaline Flint 19. Mass. 

Sarah Holt 98. Mass. 

Daniel Pratt 36. N.H. 

Dinah Pratt 66. Mass. 

Mary D. Holt 17. N.H. 

Horace Sheldon 35. N.H. 

Lucy Sheldon. . ^ 34. N.H. 

Mary E. Sheldon 8. N.H. 

Seth Blood 75. N.H. 

Elvira W. Kendall 35. N.H. 

Maria A. Kendall 4. N.H. 

Lucy E. Kendall . 6. N.H. 

Lucy Jewett 54. N.H. 

Nathan Colburn 71. N.H. 

Betsev Colburn 67. N.H. 

Nathan Colburn, Jr 47. N.H. 

Jane Colburn 43. Mass. 

Marv J. Colburn 17. N.H. 

Charles N. Colburn 14. N.H. 

Susan P. Colburn 8. N.H. 

Lacy M. Colburn 5. N.H. 

Lydia B. Colburn 2. N.H. 

Elias Colburn 42. N.H. 

Amanda Colburn 41. N.H. 

Nathan J. Colburn 18. 2n.H. 

Nancy J. Colburn 13. N.H. 

George E. Colburn 10. N.H. 

Elias E. Colburn 7. N.H. 

Mary A. Colburn 3. N.H. 

Addison Brown 22. N.H. 

Isaac H. Mansur 20. N.H. 

Wallace Chapman. 22. N.H. 

Elisabeth Colburn 66. N.H. 

Isaiah Wheeler 26. N.H. 

Elisabeth F. Wheeler 27. N.H. 

William Sexton 24. Ire. 

Phebe Gutterson 67. N.H. 

Joseph Butterfield 8. N.H. 

Daniel Felt 50. N.H. 

Eliza Felt 44. Mass. 

Charles W. Felt 22. N.H. 

George D. Felt 14. N.H. 

Susan A. Felt 11. N.H. 

Edward Felt 8. N.H. 

Ludus Felt 5. N.H. 

44 



Name. Age. Place of 

Birth. 

Elizabeth T. Felt 3. N.H. 

Nancy Valentine 16. Ire. 

Josiah Taylor 72. Mass. 

Dorcas Taylor 63. N.H. 

Lorenzo Kemp (?) 20. N.H. 

Andrew Hanniford 18. N.Y. 

Supply W. Edwards 33. N.H. 

Elizabeth Edwards 31. N.H. 

John W. Edwards 6. N.H. 

Charles W. Edwards 4. N.H. 

George W. Edwards 2. N.H. 

Asenath Wilson 48. Mass. 

Ellen M. Wilson 20. Mass. 

Cornelia F. Wilson 17. N.H. 

Harriot A. Wilson 11. N.H. 

Alvah J. Wilson 9. Vt. 

Alma J. Wilson 9. Vt. 

Jeremiah Fisk 60. N.H. 

Sarah Fisk 52. N.H. 

Josiah Fisk 30. N.H. 

James H. Fisk 34. N.H. 

Alvah O. Fisk 25. N.H. 

Charles F. Fisk 18'. N.H. 

Rebecca Fisk 23. Mass. 

Orlow Fisk 1. N.H. 

Emily Fisk 22. N.H. 

Rebecca Davis 20. N.H. 

James Lvons 20. Ire. 

Phineas Heald 52. N.H. 

Nancv Heald 45. Mass. 

Martha A. Heald 13. N.H. 

William Heald 10. Vt. 

Mary E. Heald 7. N.H. 

Lavina Heald 5. N.H. 

Joshua Parker 76. Mass. 

Polly Parker 75. Mass. 

Joshua Parker, Jr 52. Mass. 

Eliza M. Parker 49. N.H. 

Mel vin Parker 14. N.H. 

Daniel S. Buss, 64. N.H. 

Permeiia Buss 50. Mass. 

Mary S. Buss 32. N.H. 

Abigail Buss 25. N.H. 

Harriot M. Buss 16. N.H. 

Charles H. Buss 12. N.H. 

Silas Keyes 64. Mass. 

Rebecca Keyes 47. N.H. 

Eliza A. Keyes 2. N.H. 

Isaac Kimball 61. N.H. 

Lucinda Kimball 58. N.H 

John G. Kimball 23. N.H. 

Charles F. Kimball 19. N.H. 

Sarah F. Kimball 17. N.H. 

Henry H. Kimball 15. N.H. 



346 



CENSUS. 



Name. Ase. Place of 

Birth. 

Harriot M. Kimball 12. N.H. 

John Lyon 27. Ire. 

Mary A. Kimball 9. Mass. 

William Kimball 6. Mass. 

Charles H. Clement ^ Vt. 

Nathan Wheeler 68. N.H. 

Olive Wheeler 62. Mass. 

Charles E. Eaton 13. N.H. 

Ezekiel Chamberlain 56. Mass. 

Abigail Chamberlain 50. Mass. 

Addison Chamberlain 14. Mass. 

Maria Chamberlain 10. Mass. 

Sarah Chamberlain . . 7. N.H. 

Louisa F. Chamberlain 5. N.H. 

Sumner Bianchard 44. N.H. 

Eliza Blanchard 36. N.H. 

Adriel Jefrs 23. N.H. 

Sarah A. Jefts 22. N.H. 

David Jefts 74. N.H. 

Eda Jefts 70. N.H. 

George Hall 16. N.H. 

William Miles 40. N.H. 

Nathaniel Edwards 66. N.H. 

Sally Edwards 66. N.H. 

James Miller 74. N.H. 

Rebecca Miller 37. Mass. 

Augusta Miller 32. Mass. 

Hepzibeth Wright 57. Mass. 

Martha Smith 36. Mass. 

David B.Ladd 22. Mass. 

James Holden 23. Ire. 

Thomas Gallaher 25. Ire. 

Nathaniel Kingsbury 51. N.H. 

Ann Kingsbury 49. Mass. 

Catharine Kingsbury 16. N.H. 

Benjamin B. Kingsbury. . . .13. N.H. 

Timothy W. Smith 51. N.H. 

Eliza Smith 49. N.H. 

Sarah Smith 24. N.H. 

Mary H. Smith 17. N.H. 

Loami Spaukling 64. N.H. 

Esther Spauiding 64. N.H. 

Jonathan M. Spauiding. . . .29. N.H. 

Mary Barker 24. N. Y. 

Thomas A. Redley 15. Mass. 

Phebe Hinds 41. N.H. 

James Hutchinson 50. N.H. 

Sarah Hutchinson 49. N.H. 

Thomas Hutchinson 21. N.H. 

Daniel Hutchinson 20. N.H. 

Martin Hutchinson 12. N.H. 

Charlotte Hutchinson 8. N.H. 

Waiter Follett 51. Mass. 

Maria D. B. Fcllett 49. Vt. 



Name. Age. Place of 

Birth. 

Maria B. Follett 19. Mass. 

Walter G. Follett 17. Mass. 

Andrew L. Follett 15. Mass. 

Herbert E. Follett 13. Mass. 

Harriot L. Follett 10. Mass. 

AbielHolt 50. N.H. 

Betsey Holt 46. N.H. 

Francina Holt 20. N.H. 

Mary Holt 15. N.H. 

Sarah E. Holt 13. N.H. 

Charles Holt 8. N.H. 

Martha Holt 3. N.H. 

Sophia Haden 44. N.H. 

Rums F. Haden 13. N.H. 

Rhoda Fitch 75. Mass. 

Solomon Laws 43. N.H. 

Olive Laws 38. Vt. 

Solomon Laws N.H. 

Obadiah Goodale 5 7. N.H. 

Martha H. Goodale 47. Mass. 

SolandD. Goodale 17. N.H. 

Roland W. Goodale 12. N.H. 

George Goodale 10. N.H. 

Louisa Shedd 10. Mass. 

Jonas Davis 57. Mass. 

Hepzabah Davis 55. N.H. 

Abby A. Davis 16. N.H. 

Georo-e Teel 52. Mass. 

Elvira Teel 18. N.H. 

Reuben Wasson 80. N.H. 

Mary Wasson 66. N.H.' 

Charles H. Wasson 15. N.H. 

Solon Mansfield 37. N.H. 

Percis K. Mansfield 38. N.H. 

Harriot E. Mansfield 13. N.H. 

Sarah J. Mansfield 10. N.H. 

Solon W. Mansfield 7. N.H. 

Henry F. Mansfield 4. N.H. 

Lucy H. Brown 7. N.H. 

Levi A. Pierce 32. N.H. 

Rachel A. Pierce 27. N.H. 

Emily F. Pierce 1. N.H. 

Rhoda Pierce 65. N.H. 

Hannah A. Pierce 42. N.H. 

Joseph A. Spears 15. N.H. 

Abiel Lovejoy 40. N.H. 

Lucy Lovejoy 30. N.H. 

(Serena?) Lovejoy T V N.H. 

Perley Dutton 58. N.H. 

Fanny Dutton 60. N.H. 

Maria Dutton 27. N.H. 

John Whitney 11. Mass. 

Jonathan Searle 65. N.H. 

RuthSearle 50. N.H. 



CENSUS. 



347 



Name. 

Elizabeth Searle 

Ann Searle 

Charles B. Holt 

Herman Buss 

Eliza M. Buss 

Charles H. Buss 

Artimas A. Spofford . . 

Mary M, Berry 

Daniel Fish 

Martha Fish 

Daniel Fish 

Albert Fish 

Horace Fish 

Elbridge G. Cutter. . . 

Harriot Cutter 

James M. Cutter 

Mary C. Cutter 

Harriot M. Cutter .... 

Dolly Cutter 

Abijah Sheldon 

Daniel Bird 

Mary Bird 

Reuben Houston 

Angelina Houston 

Angelina N. Houston. 

Ann M. Houston 

George W. Houston . . 

Albert C. Houston . . . 

Sarah J. Houston 
Isaac E. Houston. . . . 

Roswell D. Houston. . 

Abby F. Houston 
Joanna Douglass 

Isaac Brown 

Sarah Brown 

Susanna A. Brown. . . 

Nathan A. Brown 

Stephen Brown 

Eunice Brown 

John Buss. . 

Phebe Buss 

Ann M. Buss 

Edmund P. Buss 

Sarah A. Buss 

Eliza C. Buss 

Silas Buss 

Fanny Buss 

William Parkhurst. . . 

Sally Parkhurst 

Joanna Parkhurst. . . . 

Adna Spofford 

Orrilla Spofford 

Artimus W. Spofford. 

Henry Goss 

Sarah D. Goss 



Ase. Plaee of 
Birth. 

N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
30. Mass. 
.8. N.H. 
.6. N.H. 
T V N.H. 
71. N.H. 
N.H. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
N.H. 



.19. 
.17. 
.10. 
.47. 
.42. 
.19. 
.11. 
.68. 
.50. 
.47. 
.28. 
,.17. 
. .8. 
.38. 



.38. 
.65. 
.58. 
.45. 
.40. 
.17. 
.15. 
.13. 
.10. 
. .9. 
. .5. 
. .3. 
. . 2. 
.50. 
. .55. 
.52. 
.17. 
.17. 



N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
81. Mass. 
77. Mass. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
N.H. 
71. N.H. 
68. N.H. 
64. N.H. 



,32. 
30. 
.31. 
, .4. 
.47. 
.46. 



N.H. 
N.H. 

Yt. 
N.H. 

Mass. 
Mass. 



Susan P. Goss . . . 
Maria J. Goss. . . . 
Lucy M. Goss. . . 
Daniel W. Goss. . 
Adelia A. Gross. . 
Geruldian (?) French 
Charles E. Wheeler. . 

Jesse Spofford 

Sarah Spofford .... 
Rachel J. Spofford. 

Jesse Spofford 

Anna Spofford 

Abby Spofford 

Daniel H. Spofford. 
Maria J. Spofford . . 
Artimas Howard. . . 
Abigail Howard. . . . 

Eliza Howard 

Esther Howard. . . . 

Anna Holt 

Howard Sheldon . . . 

Emily Sheldon 

Nathan H. Sheldon . 
Emily M. Sheldon. . 
Betsey Holt. ...... 

Thomas Perkins.. . . 

Hannah Perkins. . . 
Elizabeth Perkins. . 

irena Perkins 

Benjamin Eaton. . . 
Richard Perkins. . . . 

James Ball 

Naomi (?) Ball. . . . 

Sarah N. Ball 

Benjamin P. Ball . . 
Benjamin Kendall.. 
Franklin Merriam . . 
Mary A. Merriam . . 
George F. Merriam. 
Abby R. Merriam.. 
Daniel L. Merriam. 
Joseph B. Merriam. 

John F. Ball 

John Ball 

Bridget Ball 

Mary A. Ball 

Joel Jewett 

Lydia Jewett 

Leonard M. Jewett. 
Sarah J. Jewett. . . . 
Elbridge Jewett. . . . 
Betsey A. Jewett . . 

Willard Searle 

j Milla Searle 

Allen Searle 



348 



CENSUS. 



Name. Age. Place of 

Birth. 

Samuel Kill am 83. Mass. 

Betsey Killam 83. N.H. 

Sarah Killam 53. N.H. 

Lois Barker 50. N.H. 

David Barker 30. N.H. 

Lois Barker 26. N.H. 

Marv Barker 24. N.Y. 

Joel" Patten 68. N.H. 

Emily Patten 64. N.H. 

Augusta Patten 24. N.H. 

George Hutchinson 17. N.H. 

William Jewett 52. N.H. 

Hannah Jewett 45. N.H. 

Hannah A. Jewett 22. N.H. 

Sumner B. Heald 15. N.H. 

Louisa M. Heald 9. N.H. 

Martin Heald 43. N.H. 

Mary B. Heald 26. N.H. 

Mary S. Heald 6. N.H. 

Hattie E. Heald 4. N.H. 

Amory Heald 1. N.H. 

Martin C. Heald 14. Mass. 

Polly Searle 60. N.H. 

Adam K. Searle. 24. N.H. 

KebeccaJ. Searle 22. N.H 

David S. Prescott 26. N.H. 

John Tenny 43. Mass. 

Arvilla Tenny 33. N.H. 

Maria Tenny 10. N.H. 

Ellen Tenny 8. N.H. 

Marion Tenny 2. N.H. 

Lucy J. Bodgers 35. Mass. 

Lucy Tenny 80. Mass. 

Mary Ball 60. N.H. 

Isaac Wilson 61. N.H. 

Buth Wilson 60. N.H. 

Horace Wilson 29. N.H. 

Emeline Wilson 25. N.H. 



Name. Age. Place of 

Birth. 

Isaac N. Wilson 33. N.H. 

Mary Wilson 31. N.H. 

Mary F.Wilson 2. NH. 

Nathan Wilson f N.H. 

Nathan J. Colburn 19. N.H. 

William H. Howard 56. N.H. 

Lydia A. Howard .48. Mass. 

James Howard 24. N.H. 

Lydia Ho ward 20. N.H.. 

Joseph Howard 18. N.H. 

Sarah A. Howard 10. N.H. 

James Cowdin 78. Mass. 

Mary Howard 79. N.H. 

Jane N. Miles 50. N.H. 

John Cragin, Jr.,. 52. N.H. 

Elizabeth Cragin 42. Mass. 

John W. Cragin. '. 20. N.H. 

Sarah F. Cragin 17. N.H. 

Louisa Cragin 13. N.H. 

Abner P. Cragin 11. N.H. 

Charlotte M. Cragin 7. N.H. 

Arthur Cragin 4. N.H. 

Edward Cragin 2. N.H. 

John Cragin 82. Mass. 

Julia Cragin 55. Mass. 

Timothy Lvon 22. Ire. 

Clement Heald 45. N.H. 

Milla Heald 42. N.H. 

Almina Heald 22. N.H. 

Samuel O. Heald 20. N.H. 

Daniel Heald 16. N.H. 

Alfred Heald 9. N.H. 

James B. Heald 5. N.H. 

Harriot E. Heald 2. N.H. 

Elizabeth Palmer 94. Mass. 

Hannah Heald 83. Mass. 

Sally Heald 55. N.H. 



INDEX. 



This Index is quite complete, and applies to the whole book, with the exception of Chap. 
«n, r R^nrris " and Census, which are an index to themselves. 



XXI., the " Family Records, 

Abbott, Abiel, 116. Jacob, 170. 
Adams, Levi, 84, 143, 163. Quincy, 

183-4. & Crosby, Traders, 164. 
Alden, Nathaniel, 70, 71. 
Allen, Timothy, 106. 
Ames, David, of Hancock, 165. 
Andrews, Jeremiah, 97, 99, 107, 114, 115. 

William, 116. 
Angier, Silas, 102, 106, 112, 114, 115. 
Annis, Jacob, 111, 120. 
Appleton, Dea. Isaac, of New Ipswich, 
169. Isaac, Jr., 151. Samuel, Esq., of 
Boston, 35, 149, 151, 152. Hon. Wil- 
liam, of Boston, 37, 51, 84, 138, 163. 
Ashley, Simeon, of Boston, 168. 
Atherton, Joshua, 14. 
Auchmuty, Robt., 71. 
Austin, Stephen, 163. Timothy, 102. 

Asten, 134. 
Avery, Daniel, 164. Jonathan, 11, 68, 
101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 134. Peter, 82. 
Samuel, 104, 175. Timothy, 82, 98, 99. 
Bacon, Ensign Benjamin, 118. 
Bailey, Elder, 129. Joshua, Esq., 140. 
Bairsto & Weston, Shoemakers, 164. 
Baker, " Poly," 130. 
Baldwin, Nahum, Esq., 140. 
Ball, James, 154. John, 114, 132, 137, 
143, [Dea. John, 150,] 164. Nathaniel, 
83, 89, 105, 113, 114, 134, 342, [Nath'l, 
Jr., 134.] 
Ballou, Rev. Hosea, 38. 
Bancroft, Caleb, 101, 105, 115. 
Barker, David, 149, 155. John, 177. ■ 
Theodore, 149, 174, 177. Theo. 2d, 43. 
Theo. of Lyndeboro, 68. 
Barnard, Mr., of Boston, 177. 
Barnes, Clothier, 165. 
Barrett, E. B., of Mason, 48. Nathaniel, 

137, 143. 
Batchelder, Herman, 177. 
Beard, David, 163 
Bedgood, Jeffrey, 71. 
Belknap, Jeremy, 14, 99, 155. 
Bent, S. Arthur, 371. 
Bigelow, Rachel, 129. 
Blanchard, Joseph, 72, 73. Joshua, 104. 

Sumner, 175. 
Blodget, Judge, 83. 

Blood, Abel, 57, 85. & Elliott, 84. Eph- 
raim, 87, 144. Ephraim Whiting, 
132, 164. Gen. Francis, 6, 8, 9, 11, 
12, 21, 29, 31, 32, 37, 66, 68, 69, 75, 
78, 79, 83, 86, 90, 95, 96. 97, 101, 105, 
110, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 120, 121, 
122, 126, 134, 135, 136. 137, 139, 140, 
143, 154, 170, 311, 312, 328, 337, 338, 
342. Maj. Francis, 9, 37, 84, 143, 145, 
150. H. A., 44, 45, 153. Dr. Josiah 
M.,158. Oliver Whiting, 57. Seth,143. 

Blytenburge, Rev. Mr., 127. 

Borland, Mr., his Farm, 68. 



Bowditch's Life of Dr. A. Twitchell, 157. 

Bower & Dane, Traders, 164. 

Boynton, Abel, 57, 146. Capt. Elias, 143, 
151. 338. His wife, 184. Dr. H., of 
Hollis, 158. John, 114, 168. John, of 
Mason, 152. Oliver, iv, 175. Spaulding, 
151. William, v. 49. 

Bredeen, Samuel, 97, 99, 104, 111. 

Brewer, Isaac, Rev. Soldier, 101, 106, 183. 

Brooks, Joseph, 102. 

Brown, Doctor, in Temple, 157. Eph- 
raim, 80, 83, 97, 101, 105, 107, 115, 133, 
342. Ephraim, of Lowell, v. Ensign 
Jonas, 143, 146. Capt. Jonas, 151, 176, 
328. John, Rev. Soldier, 101, 105. Pe- 
ter, 97, 99, 102, 106, 183. Stephen, 87. 
Thomas, 175. 

Bufford, John H., iv. 

Burnap, C. C. P., 153. Samuel, v, 105, 

114, 115, 134. Sewall G., v. 
Burt, Joseph, 93. 

Burton, Rev. Warren, 149. 
Butterfield, Isaac, 134. Sister, 130. 
Byam. Benjamin, 97, 101, 106, 107, 114, 

115, ' 143. 

Carlton, Mr., Singing-Master, 154. 
Carter, Milton, Singing-Master, 154. 
Champney, Judge Ebenezer, 14. 
Child, Elisha, 86, 139. James, 44, 165, 

174, 175, 176, 177. Moses, 24, 25. Na- 

hum A., iv., 43. 
Clapp, Huldah M., iv, v, 49. 
Clark, Benjamin, 9. Peter H., 44, 50. 
Cobb, Ebenezer, 97, 106, 114. Seth, 97, 

102, 103, 106. Stephen, 97, 103, 106. 
Cochrane, an Insurgent, 140. 
Colburn, Elias, 86, 101, 114, 137, 164. 

Capt. Elias, 85, 105, 178. Nathan, Jr., 44. 
Colman, Aaron, 118, 130. 
Colton's Maps, 152. 
Conant, Lieut. Ephraim, 143. f* 
Cragin, Hon. Aaron H., 61. Augustus, 

Ai,Ul* Benjamin, 31, 37^-83, 86, 97, 

101, 106, 107, 111, 115, 117, 133, 134, 

136, 137, 139, 183, 342. Francis, 37, 

101, 105, 107, 114, 115, 117, 133, 134, 
143, 154, 164, 171. Capt. Francis, 144, 
164. Francis Kimball, 59. Dea. John, 
10, 11, 37, 68, 80, 82, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 

/ 101, 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 113,114, 
115,116, 117, 118. 126, 127.134,136, 
139, 148, 329. Capt. John, 143, 151. 
Lieut., 154. Paul, 154. Simeon, 117. 
Stephen, 137, 164. 
Crombie, Dr. James, Senior, 37, 137, 152, 
157, 326, 327, 328, 339. Dr. J., Jr. v, 45. 
Cummings, Lieut. Archelaus, 37, 66, 90, 

102, 105, 117, 137, 143, 164, 177, 329, 
337. Capt. Archelaus, 137, 143. 
& French, Traders, 164. Dr. Ste- 
phen, 158. 

Cutter, Ensign Benjamin, 81, 101, 105, 



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107, 122, 133, 134, 143, 164. Major 
Benjamin, 144. Elbridge G., iv, 43, 66, 
97, 131, 178. Lieut. Jonathan, 144. 
Rachel, 150. Solomon, 145, 184. 

Dakin, Dea. Amos, of Mason, 118, 122. 
Dana, Judge, 14. 
Daniels' Pasture, 179. 
Darling, Benjamin, 144. 
Davis, Henry, 117. Jeremiah, 144. Pe- 
ter, 103, 105. 
Densmore, Thomas, 120. 
Dibell, Rev. Edwin, of New Ipswich, 129. 
Dilworth's Spelling Book, 149. 
Dinsmore, Abraham, Senior, 99, 101, 106, 

133. Abraham. Junior, 97, 114. Zeb- 
adiah, 97, 103, 114, 115. 

Dodge, George, 137. 

Doland, John G., 48. 

Douglass, Mr., 113, 114. 

Drurv, Daniel, 97, 10 1, 103, 179. David, 
97,-116. Ebenezer, 11, 89, 97, 101, 105, 
112, 116, 129, 133. Capt. Gershom, 79, 
80,83,97,101,105, 107, 113,114,115, 
116, 117, 136, 143, 153, 342. John, 112, 
116. Jonathan, 101, 105. Needham, 
115. Thomas, 83, 85. William, 80, 
97, 102. 106, 114, 115, 117, 134. Capt. 
Zedekiah, 11, 78, 83, 85, 93, 97, 102, 

104, 115, 124, 128, 133, 143. Zedekiah, 
Junior, 97, 102, 105, 106. 

■ Dudley, Major John, 146. 
Durkee, Doctor Silas, 82, 156, 157, 337. 
Duset, Philemon, 112, 121. 
Dutton, Betsey B., v. 

Eaton, Hon. Hosea,48. 

Edwards, Charles, v. Capt. Ebenezer, 31, 
37, 82, 84, 117, 134, 137, 141, 143, 151, 
153, 159, 163, 164, 165, 176, 177, 329, 
338. James M., 53. John, 118. Sup- 
ply W., 43, 44. 

Emerson, Rev. Joseph, 127. Capt., 97. 

Emery, Horace, 144, 1G4. Capt. Samuel, 
146. Zechariah, 83, 97, 99, 102, 103, 

105, 107, 117, 342. 
Emorv, Amos, 101, 106, 107. 
Everett, John, 97, 101, 106, 115, 129. 

Farley, George F., Esq., 129. 

Farns worth, Major, Singing- Master, 154. 

Farrar, Abel. 151. Danforth, 44, 163. 
George C, 153. John, 164. Oliver, 
163. Simon, 84, 164, 177, 184. Simon, 
Junior, 175. Timothy, Esq., 170. 

Felt, Aaron, 31, 83, 99, 101, 106, 134, 135, 
139, 342. Violinist, 154. Mr. Felt, 337. 
Amos, 183. Benjamin, 164. Charles 
W., 50. Capt. David, 138, 144. George 
D., 50. Joshua, 102, 106. "Land- 
lord," 84. Peter, 68.102, 104, 105,115, 

134, 150, 164. Samuel, 116. 
Felton, Mrs. A., 173. Widow, 102. 
Ferguson, James, v. 

Fisk, David, 337. Jeremiah, 66. Josiah, 
69, 164. Martin Heald, A. M., 61, 
153. 

Fitch, Asa, 89. Benjamin, 89. Daniel, 
89. Eli, 89. Lot, 89. 



Fletcher, Ensign Peter, 143. Robert, 97, 
98, 102, 105, 107, 114, 116, 143. Sam- 
uel, 82. William, 134. 

Fobes, Dr. S., 158. 

Follett, Rev. Walter, 39, 45, 84, 129. 

Foster, Benjamin T., v. Daniel, v, 114, 
115. Esther H., 50. Jacob, 93, 102, 
106, 114. James, 101, 105, 115. 
Joshua 1st, 10, 11, 24, 97, 101, 103, 
106, 107, 113, 116, 183. Joshua 2d, 107. 
Joshua 3d, 43. Rev. Mr., 127, 128. 

Franklin, Benjamin, 95. 

French, Moses, of Hampstead, 139. 

Fuller, Amos, 112, 116, 122. Daniel, 
117. David, 102, 106, 122. David, Jr., 
129. Ezra, 116. 



Gage, Dr. George M., 171. General, 96. 
Gardner, Abel, 164. 
Gaylord, Rev. N., 127. 
Gerrish, Lieut., 73. 
Gerry, Elbridge, 14. 

Gibb's, Abel, 88. John, 106. Joseph, 

79. "Schoolmaster," 148, 149. 
Giddings, Eliphalet, 121. John, 176. 
Gilmore, Emily S., 54. 
Goffe, Col. John, 73. 
Goodale, Enos, 97, 101, 106, 114, 115. 

Ezekiel, 97, 101, 103, 105, 112, 129, 143. 

John H., Editor, 45. 
Goodvear, Rev. George, 39, 44, 45, 129. 
Gould, Abijah, 101, 106, 114. Dea. N. D., 

iv, 154, 334. 
Grav, Adj. J., 144. 

Griffin, Nathaniel, 28. Samuel, 97, 99. 



Hale, Rev. Enoch, 127. Rev. Mr., 31. 

Hall, Timothy, 144. William, 339, 340. 

Hawkins, G. W., 85, 144, 150, 164. 

Haynes, Joshua, 175. 

Hayward's N. H. Gazetteer, 160. 

Heald, Alfred, 144. Amos, 101, 106. 
Daniei, 4, 9, 35, 37, 116, 117, 143, 146, 
152. David, 152. Major Ephraim, 
4, 7, 8, 11, 65, 75, 78, 79, 95, 96, 97, 
101, 102, 105, 107, 110, 113, 133, 134, 

/143, 174, 176,331. Ira, 144. James, 
146, 177. James D., 44. John, 78, 85, 
91. 98, 101. Joseph, 97, 101, 105, 113, 
114, 115, 184. Joseph, (Trader,) 164. 
Martin, 131, 163, 164. Nathan, 175. 
Oliver, 4, 15, 78, 91, 97, 102, 105, 106, 
110, 111, 114, 133. Oliver, of Pa., v. 
Deacon Peter, 4, 7, 79, 81, 83, 97, 102, 
105,113,114,131. Sarah, 151. S. B., 
50. S. C, 8, 62, 333. 

Heald, Mr., Singing-Master, 154. 

Herrick, of Milford, Singing-Master, 154. 

Hewes, Mr., "of Piqua," 166, 172. 
Robert, first Glass Manufacturer in 
America, 28, 85, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 
171, 172, 173. Samuel, of Roxbury, 
iv, 186, 171, 172, 173. 

Hdlssrove, John, Rev. Soldier, 97, 99, 
104, 112. 

Hodkins, Mrs., 184. 

Holt, Abiel, 107, 115, 117. Ira, v. Lieut. 



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351 



N., 144, 146. Nathan C, 179. Samuel, 
102, 105, 107, 114, 117. William, 104. 

Houston, John, 161. 

How, Isaac, 118. 

Howard, Ezra P., iv. Horace, Esq., of 
Lowell, iv, 54. Nathaniel, 336. & 
Hutchinson, (Traders), 164. Phineas, 
164. Deacon Samuel, 37, 81, 82, 97, 

98, 99, 102, 105, 107, 111, 112, 114, 115, 
118, 119, 120, 125, 134, 137, 139, 141, 
148, 154, 159, 338. Lieut., 168. Sul- 
livan, iv. William, 85, 137, 144. 
William H, iv, 43, 68, 84, 153, 172. 

Howe, Benjamin, 121. 
Hutchins, Samuel, 99, 102. 
Hutchinson, James, 104, 112. 

Jay's Treaty, 144. 

Jewett, Ezekiel, 31, 90, 97, 101, 105, 107, 
112, 134, 135, 136. Rev. Leonard, iv, 
39, 55, 128, 153. Nathaniel, 116, 117, 
143. William, 141, 164. 

Johnson, Zebadiah, 102, 105, 107. 

Jones, Dr. Benjamin, of Lyndeboro, 157, 
158. Dr. Nathan, 158 

Keith, Hon. James M., iv, 59. 
Keyes, Warren, v. 

Kidder, Frederic, iv, 65, 66. John, Jr., 
68. Joseph, 97, 102, 103, 105, 107, 115, 
116, 143. Ensign, 148. Reuben, Esq., 
78, 79, 83. Wilder, (Fifer), 99, 104. 

Killam, Benjamin, 68, 97. Ebenezer, 
164, 174. James, 9, 154, 164. James 
O., 9, 48. Joseph, 68. Joseph W., v. 
Rodney A., iv, 65. Samuel, 68. 

Kimball, David, 164. George, 164. Henry 
H., 48. Dea. Isaac, 44, 45, 164. John, 164. 

Kingsbury, Benjamin B., 153. Dr. Na- 
thaniel, v, 36, 37, 58, 153, 158. 

Kirkwood, Arthur, Rev. Soldier, 82, 98, 

99, 107, 157. 

Lakin, James, 11. 
Law, Andrew, 97, 121. 
' Lawrence's New Hamp. Churches,' 128. 
Laws, Rev. Solomon, 48. 
Librarians, Acknowledgments to, iv. 
Lowell, Jacob, 117. Jonas, 145, 184. 
Moses, 117. 

Mace, J. S., 164. 
Mack, John, 164. 

Mansfield, Elijah, 102, 106, 107, 112, 116. 

Solon, 183. 
Mansur, Aaron, 53, 163. Ezra, 164. 

Stephen, 160. William, 97, 102, 104, 

105, 114, 175. 
Marshall, Aaron, 97, 101, 106. John, 11, 

78, 79, 102, 127. Jonathan, 6, 112, 116, 

130. Thomas, 102, 106, 107, 110, 127, 

129, 133, 143. 
Mason, Capt. John, 71. Larkin, 144. 

Natban, 161. 
Matthews, John, 97, 99, 104. 
Maynard, Artemas, 15, 83. Caleb. 6, 69, 

81, 86, 90, 101, 106, 107, 114, 115, 137, 

171. Charles, v. Lieut. Israel, 144. 

Thomas, 14, 15, 16, 179. 



McClure, David, 85. 

Merrill, E. & P., (Gazetteer), 165. 

Miles, Rev. Noah, 31, 32, 33, 127, 128, 

131, 137, 138, 149, 150, 153, 156, 159, 

311,31 2, 325, 326, 331, 339, 340. Noah 

Brooks, 56. Solomon P., 65, 152, 339. 
Miller, Epkraim F., Esq., 45, 58. Farrar, 

Rev. Soldier, 97, 99, 104, 112, 116. 

Ira, Tanner, 164. Gen. James, 37, 

38, 84, 85, 144. 
Millet, John, Rev. Soldier, 112. Morris, 

Rev. Soldier, 112, 120. 
Mitchell, Samuel, 104. 
Montague, Wm. H., iv, 173. 
Moon, John, 85. 
Moor, James, 107. 

Moore, Samuel, of Peterboro, Represent- 
ative, 103, 104. Col., 97. 
Morse, Jonathan, 101, 105. 

Neal, Samuel, 121. 
Nelson, Temple, 70, 71. 

Oliver, Aaron, 97, 99, 102, 105, 107, 112. 
Ordway, John F., 183. 
Osgood, John, 164. 

Parker, Ebenezer, 163. Jonathan, of 
Packersfield, 117. Joshua, 144, 164. 
Joshua, Jr., 164. 

Parlin or Parlen, Stephen, 97, 98 102 
105_, 107, 114, 115, 117, 134. ' 

Partridge, Richard, 70. 

Patten, James, iv, 55, 144, 173. Jesse 
144. John, 69, 106, 111, 112, 135, 164! 
John, Jr., 150, 164. Josiah, 144. 
Milly, v. ' 

Patterson, Deacon David, 69, 165. John 
134, 339. Joseph, 82, 83, 126. Thcma*' 
99, 104. ' 

Pearsons, Mr., 338. 

Perkins, "Elder," 130. 

Perry, James, 116, 117. 

Phelps, Dr. Guiiey A., 158. 

Pierce, Levi, 134, 184. Mr., 337. 

Pitcairn, Major, 96. 

Pollard, Mr., of New Ipswich, 99. 

Poor, General, 102. 

Potter, Judge Chandler E., iv., 74. 

Powars, " Constable," 79. Elliot 97 
101, 103, 106, 114, 134. Gideon, 'l02' 
103, 106, 107, 116, 134. Joel, V 46' 
Paul 115 116. Ensign Peter, 'l43. 
Blacksmith, 164. 

Pratt, Hon. Daniel, 37, 45, 51, 138 

Prattville, Ala., 89, 138. 

Prescott, " Brother," 130. Dr. David S., 

Presidential Candidates, 141. 

Preston, Dr. John, 118. Doctor, 160 

William Arthur, Esq., 171, 336 
Priest, William, 107, 114. 
Proctor, Samuel, 164. 
Putnam, Jacob, 101, 106, 134, 148. Jesse, 

IStiitit: 101 ' 106 ' 165 - Ste P hen > 

Raymond, Doctor in Temple, 158 
Reed, Col. J., 99, 104. Mr., 331, 332 
Rees, Benjamin, 85. 



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Rice, Lucy, 129. 

Richards, Joseph, 11, 97, 102, 129. Tho- 
mas, 184. 

Richardson, Joseph, 68, 102, 103, 105, 
114, 115. Joshua, 116. Thomas, 102. 
Richardson & Emery, Traders, 164. 

Sabbie, an Indian, 333, 334. 
Sanders, Stephen, 102, 106, 107, 183. 
Savage or Savidge, Jnbe, 90, 156. 
Searle, Adam R., 84, 163. Rev. Addison, 

152, 161, 339. Daniel, Esq., 14. 37, 93, 
131, 137, 146, 150, 152, 154, 156, 161, 
165, 339. David, 18. Tanner, 164. 
Earle, 85, 144, 146, 164. John, 116. 
Jonathan, 11, 65, 164. Joseph, 114, 
143, 160, 174. Joshua P., 164. 
Trustom, 146. Willard, 164. Wil- 
liam, 120, 146, 164, 183. William, Jr., 
164. 

Secretaries of State of X. H. and Mass., 

Acknowledgments to, iv. 
Severance, Abba, 101, 116. Asa, 97. 

Benjamin. 105. 112, 115. 116. Ebene- 

zer, 97, 99. 107, 112, 115. 
Shattuck, Xathaniel, 97, 102, 115, 134, 

183. Xathan'l, E=q., 56, 172. Peter, 106. 
Shaw, Rev. Mr.. 127. 
Shav's Rebellion. 139, 140. 
Shelden, Abraham, 101, 105, 113, 114. 

Howard, 10. Mr., 337. 
Sibley, Rev. John Langdon, iii. Hist, of 

Union, 141. 
Si'sbee, Ozias, Mail Carrier, 88. 
Skinner & Hurd, Traders, 84. 
Smith, Benjamin, 97, 99, 101, 103, 104, 

112, 116. Capt. H., 144. Jonathan, 

154. Rev. Svdnev, 326. Timothv W., 

93, 164. Prof., 127. 
Snow, Josiah, 66. 

Spaulding, Benjamin, 139. Jacob S., 

153. Capt. Jonathan, 14, 144, 154. 
Carpenter, 164. Lvman, 154. 

Spofford. David, 79' 91, 95, 96, 97, 101, 
106, 107, 110, 111, 119, 139. Eldad, 

101, 106, 107, 337. Jesse, 165, 167. 
Jesse, Jr., 184. 

Sprague, Rev. Edward. 152. John, 82. 
Start. George, 101, 106,' 110, 114. John, 

106. Xoah, 164. 
Stearns. Samuel, 137. 
Steele. Governor, 45. David, 104. 
Stevens. Jonathan, 82, 83, 99. Lvdia, 

69. Stephens, 130. 
Sticknev, Josiah, 54. 
Sticknee.' Paul, 117. Sile Richard, 97, 

102. 103, 105, 112, 115, 116, 117, 133, 
136, 137, 150, 164. 

Stiles. Asa, 164, 165. David, iv. 35, 37, 
84, 86, 90, 131, 148, 163, 176, 177, 183. 
Eben.. 68. John, 97, 101, 106, 111, 114. 

Stone, Major Joseph, 145, 159. Josiah, 
97, 99, 101, 105, 107. 112. 116. 

Stow, Daniel, 106. Stowell, 330. 

Stratton, " Brother," 130. 

Streeter, " Esq," 131. 

Susup, an Indian, 7, 333, 334. 

Swan, John, Jr., 11. 



Taggart, a patient of Dr. Crombie's, 157, 

158. John, of Sharon, 183. 
Tavlor, Eleizar, 101, 104. 114, 126. Isaac,* 

116. John. 117. Dr. J., 157. 
Temple, Sir John, iv, 77, 95. John, 

Rev. Soldier, 99. 
Tennev, Benjamin, 97, 102, 106. 107, 114, 

133, 136, 164. Benjamin, Jr.', 164. 
Thornton, A. S., 37. 
Tilton, Capt., 73. 

Todd, John, 103. 107, 114. 115. Joshua, 
3, 4, 5, 6, 78, 79, 90, 91, 101, 105. 127, 
129, 130, 131, 139, 156, 165, 168, 171, 
336. 

Towne, Col., 12. Capt. Ezra, 99, 104. 

Towns, Thomas, 102. 

Townsend. David, 97,101,103,106,107, 

110, 112,' 116. 
Trowbridge, Priest, 26. 
Twitchell, Dr. Amos, 157. 
Tyng, Edward, 70, 71. 

Upton, Eli, 117. William, 115, 117. 

Walker. Ensism Jesse, 164. Sampson. 

117, 143. 

Wallace, James, 163. Jonathan, 85. 
Walton, Josiah, senior, 150. Josiah 

Wan-en, iv, 171, 177. 
Washington's Diarv, 166. 
Weare, Meshech, Pres't of X. H., 140. 
Webster, Rev. Samuel, of Salisburv, 125, 

126, 127. Rev. Samuel, of Temple, 13, 

14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 94, 95, 96, 97. 

98; 99, 100. 105, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114.' 

124. 125, 126. 127, 139, 291, 337. 
Wheeler, Col. Abijah, 31. 32, 33, 37. 84, 

86, 135, 143, 163, 312. ifc, 340. Ar- 

temas, ' 84, 143, 163. Isaiah, 43, 44. 

" Landlord," 84. Dea. Xathan, iv, 37, 

43, 86, 93. 138, 141, 144, 153, 163. 176, 

177, 179. Peter, 97, 102, 103, 105. 114, 

115. Peter, Jr., 105, 114, 115. Samuel. 

104, 111, 112, 115, 116, 
Wheelock. Pres., 127. 
Whitaker, Dr., 127. 
Whitewell, W. M., 96. 
Whiting, Benjamin. 87, 8S, 131. 132, 151, 

175. David, 164. David,' 2d, 164. 

Francis, 88, 148. George, 85. Lieut. 

Oliver, 90, 143, 337. Oliver, 151, 161, 

165. 

Whitnev. Mr.. 331. 332. 
Wilder,' Dr. A. H.,'lf-S. 
Wilks, Francis, 70. 

Wilson, Archelaus, 97, 101. 106. Horace, 
8, 148. Isaac, 151. Isaac X., 43, 151. 
Major, of Peterboro, 122. 

Winn, Rufus S., 85. 

Winthrop, Hon. R. C, iv. 

Woode, Mrs. J. J- C, v, 60. 

Woodburv, Mr., 340. 

Wright, Luther, 144. 

Wyman, John, 121. 



Young, Dr. Henry J., 158. 



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